PASSED
in the State House of Representatives
on March 27, 2014, by a vote of 104-41
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Purpose:The Miscellaneous Tax bill is an annual adjustment of tax provisions needed to match revenues with spending. (Read the Bill)
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Analysis: Those voting YES on H.884 voted in favor of increasing the tax on tobacco snuff from $2.24 to $2.62, which is projected to raise $700,000, and to implement a 92% wholesale tax on electronic cigarettes, which is projected to raise $500,000.
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As Recorded in the House Journal, Thursday, March 27, 2014:“Shall the bill be read a third time? was decided in the affirmative. Yeas, 104. Nays, 41.” (Read the Journal, p. 856-860.)
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