Virginia House Bill 644 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 3 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)

Master Settlement Agreement; enforcement requirements for tobacco product manufacturers; national sales information. Requires every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are to be sold in the Commonwealth to submit, as a condition of selling cigarettes in the Commonwealth, to the Attorney General a true and correct copy of each annual return or report filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for federal excise tax purposes. Failure to submit the annual return or report will result in the loss of the tobacco manufacturer’s authority to sell cigarettes in the Commonwealth after 30 days’ notice. This bill also provides provisions for the protection of the annual return data once in the possession of the Attorney General.

Master Settlement Agreement; enforcement requirements for tobacco product manufacturers.

Del. Clarke Hogan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)
2008-03-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-02-25		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-22		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-21		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB644ER)
2008-02-21		House: Enrolled
2008-02-20		Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
2008-02-20		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-19		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-18		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2008-02-12		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2008-02-08		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-08		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-07		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-07		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-07		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-06		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB644H1
2008-02-06		House: Committee substitute agreed to 081487536-H1
2008-02-06		House: Read second time
2008-02-05		House: Read first time
2008-02-04		House: Committee substitute printed 081487536-H1
2008-02-01		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2008-01-24		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-01-22		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-22		House: Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2008-01-08		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2008-01-08		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086919536

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB644