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BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1550: Nicotine addiction

Concerning methods to prevent nicotine addiction.

Summary

  • Imposes a business and occupation surcharge of 4.4 percent on manufacturers, processors for hire, and distributors of vapor products and tobacco products.
  • Replaces the variable milliliter tax imposed on vapor products distributors with a vapor product excise tax of 45 percent of the selling price.
  • Modifies the account distribution for receipts of the vapor products tax revenues.

From the House Bill Analysis 2021 (HB 1550), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2021
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Gerry Pollet (D-46)
Introduced
February 27, 2021 in the House
Last action
January 10, 2022
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to preventing nicotine addiction with an emphasis on youth and persons under 21 years of age and the funding of prevention, cessation, and public health services through the taxation of vapor and tobacco products containing nicotine;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Gerry Pollet (D-46)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Eileen Cody D-34Lisa Callan D-5Jamila Taylor D-30Davina Duerr D-1Cindy Ryu D-32Javier Valdez D-46Tana Senn D-41

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Finance.

HB 1550 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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