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NY A05284

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Philip Ramos

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Defines "premium cigar" as a cigar wrapped in whole leaf tobacco with 100% leaf tobacco binder, manually assembled with no filter or non-tobacco mouthpiece, hand-capped, and weighing more than six pounds per thousand units

  • Sets excise tax on premium cigars at 75% of wholesale price or fifty cents per cigar, whichever is less

  • Exempts premium cigars from the standard tobacco products tax rate of 75% of wholesale price with no cap

  • Tax is intended to be imposed only once upon the sale of any premium cigars

  • Provisions expire and are automatically repealed 3 years after the effective date

Legislative Description

Provides that certain persons shall not be deemed a distributor for certain sales of premium cigars; provides that the tax on premium cigars shall be at the rate of seventy-five percent of the wholesale price or fifty cents, whichever is less, and is intended to be imposed only once upon the sale of any premium cigars; defines "premium cigar".

Last Action

print number 5284b

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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