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Update HB 1417: Bill passes House Finance Committee 19-2
On January 18 2023, the House Finance Committee voted 19-2 to approve and advance Delegate Lee Ware’s HB 1417 (Cigar Tax Cap).
Read more : Update HB 1417: Bill passes House Finance Committee 19-2100% Cigar Tax Increase in Gov Northam’s Virginia Budget!
As VA Cigar Shops across the commonwealth face unprecedented challenges to survive the national pandemic, Governor Northam has decided to pile on and target VA Cigar Shops by refusing to remove a 100% cigar and…
Read more : 100% Cigar Tax Increase in Gov Northam’s Virginia Budget!UPDATE HB 1283: Tobacco retail restrictions; carried over and referred to study
On Friday, a House Finance Subcommittee decided to carry over and refer to a study HB 1283. This bill put restrictions in place for cigar shop locations, mandatory ABC inspections, licensing fees and significant financial…
Read more : UPDATE HB 1283: Tobacco retail restrictions; carried over and referred to studyUPDATE HB 1119 and HB 93: flavor ban including most premium cigars and pipe tobacco; carried over
On Friday, a House Finance Subcommittee decided to carry over and refer to a study HB 93 and HB 1119. Both of these bills broadly defined a flavor tobacco product, which would include most premium…
Read more : UPDATE HB 1119 and HB 93: flavor ban including most premium cigars and pipe tobacco; carried overUPDATE HB 1120: tax increase to 39%-carried over and referred to study
On Friday, a House Finance Subcommittee decided to carry over HB 1120 to the next year and refer the bill to a study. This action delays activity on this bill until 2021 and brings relief…
Read more : UPDATE HB 1120: tax increase to 39%-carried over and referred to studyUPDATE SB 852: Passed by indefinitely, killed for the rest of the session.
On tuesday, SB 852 was heard in a Senate Finance Subcommittee. The bill was passed by indefinitely, killing it for the rest of the session. Thank you Advantus Strategies LLC, Cigar Rights of America and…
Read more : UPDATE SB 852: Passed by indefinitely, killed for the rest of the session.VA ALERT! HB 1120: Tobacco products; tax on all tobacco products, penalties.
This measure provides that tobacco products, defined in the bill, would be subject to tax at rates of $1.80 per pack of cigarettes or 39 percent of the wholesale price for all other tobacco products.…
Read more : VA ALERT! HB 1120: Tobacco products; tax on all tobacco products, penalties.VA ALERT! HB 93: Flavored tobacco products; sale or distribution prohibited, civil penalty.
This measure bans flavored tobacco products and creates civil penalties. Specifically, this measure bans the sale or distribution of flavored “tobacco products”, which means a cigarette or an alternative nicotine product, a heated tobacco product,…
Read more : VA ALERT! HB 93: Flavored tobacco products; sale or distribution prohibited, civil penalty.VA ALERT! SB 852:Tobacco products; tax on all tobacco products, penalties.
This measure makes changes to the definitions of “tobacco product” and “cigarette” and changes their taxation rates, defines “electronic smoking device”, imposes taxes on “electronic smoking devices”, and allows localities to tax cigarettes. Tobacco products,…
Read more : VA ALERT! SB 852:Tobacco products; tax on all tobacco products, penalties.VA ALERT! HB 1119 Flavored tobacco products; sale prohibited, civil penalty.
This measure would prohibit the sale, distribution, offering for sale or distribution, or causing the sale or distribution of flavored tobacco products. Specifically, this measure provides that no person, tobacco retail establishment, or manufacturer shall…
Read more : VA ALERT! HB 1119 Flavored tobacco products; sale prohibited, civil penalty.