VirginiaCigars; TAX to collect data on number sold with sales price equal or greater than $1.50, report.
What it does
Department of Taxation; tobacco products tax; cigars; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to update its form TT-8, Virginia Tobacco Products Tax Return (OTP), to begin collecting data on the number of cigars sold in the Commonwealth at a sales price equal to or greater than $1.50 as a distinct category from all other cigars. The bill directs the Department to update such form or devise another appropriate method for data collection as soon as practicable and provide a report of the data so collected and estimated fiscal impacts of adopting a cap of 30 cents ($0.30) per cigar or another rate on the tobacco products tax imposed on this category of cigars to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than January 15, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 11Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (10-Y 5-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Impact statement from TAX (HB1572)
- Jan 29Referred to Committee on Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 28Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 27Finance Substitute agreed to
- Jan 27Read second timeMinor
- Jan 24Read first timeMinor
- Jan 22Committee substitute printed 25105708D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Impact statement from TAX (HB1572)
- Jan 13Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Feb 11Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (10-Y 5-N)Latest
- 2024
- Dec 30Referred to Committee on FinanceMinor
- Dec 30Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102264DIntroduced