Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 12, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3071
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARETTES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE FROM SUCH TAX INCREASE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE TREASURY TO THE SPECIAL ACCOUNT TO THE CREDIT OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE-DIVISION OF MEDICAID; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
22 co-sponsors
Gray Tollison, John Horhn, Deborah Jeanne Dawkins, Bob M. Dearing, Jack Gordon, Alice Harden, Hillman Terome Frazier, David Jordan, Kelvin Butler, Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Eric Powell, Hob Bryan, Kenneth Wayne Jones, David Baria, Robert L. Jackson, Haskins Montgomery, Bennie L. Turner, Vincent Davis, Sampson Jackson II, Bill Stone, Tommy Dickerson, Willie Simmons
Its course
February 13 to March 12, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 12 · stopped28 days
FinanceFeb 13 to Mar 12 · stopped28 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.