Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Business and Labor Committee on June 28, 2007. The 2007 session has ended.
2007 Regular Session
House Bill 2502
Prohibits wholesalers and retailers from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products below actual wholesale cost or in retail sales below actual retail cost except with Department of Revenue approval or in specified circumstances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Prohibits wholesalers and retailers from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products below actual wholesale cost or in retail sales below actual retail cost except with Department of Revenue approval or in specified circumstances. Prohibits offering rebate or concession in connection with sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products. Makes contract that violates provision of Act illegal and void. Specifies what constitutes evidence of violation in court proceeding. Permits Department of Revenue or other person injured by violation of Act to maintain action for damages or for injunction. Grants Department of Revenue power to administer Act, to set presumptive wholesale cost and presumptive retail cost and to approve sales below presumptive wholesale cost or presumptive retail cost. Punishes violation of Act by maximum of six months' imprisonment, $2,500 fine, or both.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 25 to June 28, 2007, 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 action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 25 to Jun 28 · stopped154 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 25 to Jan 316 days
Business and LaborJan 31 to Jun 28 · stopped148 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly 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 Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 25 – Jun 28
- Jan 25Introduced
- Jan 31Sent to Business and Labor
- Apr 6Heard in Business and Labor
- Jun 28Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 25First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 31Referred to Business and Labor.House of Representatives
- Apr 6Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 28In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives