Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 26, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3124
Tobacco/ENDS; impose ENDS excise tax, and increase other tobacco excise taxes and presumed costs of doing business.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS" OR "ENDS PRODUCTS" UNDER THE TOBACCO TAX LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARETTES FROM 3.4¢ TO 4.4¢ PER CIGARETTE SOLD WITH A MAXIMUM LENGTH OF 120 MILLIMETERS; TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARS, CHEROOTS, STOGIES, SNUFF, CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO AND ALL OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS EXCEPT CIGARETTES, HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ENDS PRODUCTS FROM 15% TO 25% OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; TO LEVY AN EXCISE TAX OF 10¢ PER LIQUID MILLILITER OF NICOTINE ON ENDS PRODUCTS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 75-23-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PRESUMED COST OF DOING BUSINESS BY A WHOLESALE DEALER UNDER THE UNFAIR CIGARETTE SALES LAW FROM 2% TO 4% OF THE BASIC COST OF CIGARETTES TO THE WHOLESALE DEALER; TO INCREASE THE PRESUMED COST OF DOING BUSINESS BY A RETAILER UNDER THE UNFAIR CIGARETTE SALES LAW FROM 6% TO 9-1/2% OF THE BASIC COST OF CIGARETTES TO THE RETAILER; 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
February 24 to February 26, 2025, 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 24 to Feb 26 · stopped2 days
FinanceFeb 24 to Feb 26 · stopped2 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.