Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 21, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2701
Cigarette excise tax; increase to be dedicated to the annual Medicaid program deficit and tobacco cessation program.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-69-13 AND 27-69-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARETTES, TO CREATE THE "MEDICAID PROGRAM TOBACCO CESSATION FUND" AND TO DEDICATE THE SAID CIGARETTE EXCISE TAX INCREASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE ANNUAL MEDICAID DEFICIT WITH ANY EXCESS TO BE APPLIED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND TO TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAMS; 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
Its course
January 15 to February 21, 2018, 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 SenateJan 15 to Feb 21 · stopped37 days
FinanceJan 15 to Feb 21 · stopped37 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.