SUBJECT: TOBACCO, Include Electronic Smoking Devices, Hike Fees

BILL NUMBER:  SB 975 HD 2

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids under the definition of “tobacco products” for purposes of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Exempts electronic smoking devices and e-liquids from the excise tax on all tobacco products other than large cigars. Beginning 1/1/2024, imposes an excise tax on each electronic smoking device or e-liquid sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer effective. Repeals the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit under the department of the attorney general. Continue reading SB 975 HD 2 →

SUBJECT:  TOBACCO, Increase User Fees, Alter Earmarks

BILL NUMBER:  HB 982 SD 1

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Increases the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaiʻi tobacco settlement special fund. Continue reading HB 982 SD 1 →

SUBJECT: TOBACCO, Include Electronic Smoking Devices, Hike Fees

BILL NUMBER:  SB 975 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Health & Homelessness

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids under the definition of “tobacco products” for purposes of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Exempts electronic smoking devices and e-liquids from the excise tax on all tobacco products other than large cigars. Beginning 1/1/2024, imposes an excise tax on each electronic smoking device or e-liquid sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer effective. Repeals the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit under the department of the attorney general. Continue reading SB 975 HD 1 →

SUBJECT:  TOBACCO, Increase User Fees, Alter Earmarks

BILL NUMBER:  HB 982 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Finance

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Increases and stabilizes the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaiʻi tobacco settlement special fund. Continue reading HB 982 HD 1 →

SUBJECT: TOBACCO, Include Electronic Smoking Devices, Hike Fees

BILL NUMBER:  SB 975 SD 2

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committees on Ways & Means and Judiciary

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Amends the definition of “tobacco products” under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products and the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals state laws that establish and govern the Electronic Smoking Device Retailer Registration Unit within the Department of the Attorney General and provisions of the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law that govern delivery sales. Continue reading SB 975 SD 2 →

SUBJECT:  TOBACCO, Increase User Fees, Alter Earmarks

BILL NUMBER:  SB 1280 [ATG-04]

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Governor’s Package)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Increases and stabilizes the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaiʻi tobacco settlement special fund. Continue reading SB 1280 →

SUBJECT: TOBACCO, Include Electronic Smoking Devices, Hike Fees

BILL NUMBER:  SB 975 SD 1

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committees on Health & Human Services and Commerce & Consumer Protection

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Amends the definition of “tobacco products” under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products and the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals state laws that establish and govern the Electronic Smoking Device Retailer Registration Unit within the Department of the Attorney General; provisions of the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law that govern delivery sales; and state law governing smoking that preempts and voids local ordinances and regulations conflicting with state law. Continue reading SB 975 SD 1 →

SUBJECT:  TOBACCO, Increase User Fees, Alter Earmarks

BILL NUMBER:  HB 982 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Health & Homelessness

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Increases and stabilizes the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaiʻi tobacco settlement special fund. Continue reading HB 982 HD 1 →

SUBJECT:  TOBACCO, Increase User Fees, Alter Earmarks

BILL NUMBER:  HB 982 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Health & Homelessness

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Increases and stabilizes the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaiʻi tobacco settlement special fund. Continue reading HB 982 HD 1 →