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Committee adopts amendment removing taxation from nicotine bill and advances measure to the floor
Summary
During a June 4 work session, the House Committee on Revenue adopted a dash-3 amendment to House Bill 2528A that keeps regulation of nicotine-derived products but removes taxation provisions; the committee then voted to send the bill as amended to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and rescinded subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Salem — The House Committee on Revenue on Wednesday advanced House Bill 2528A after adopting an amendment that removed taxation provisions and retained regulatory language covering nicotine derived from any source.
A committee staff presenter summarized the measure and the posted amendments, explaining that the bill ‘‘adds nicotine derived from any source to the definition of tobacco products for both regulation and taxation purposes’’ but that the dash-3 amendment ‘‘removed, retains the regulation components of 2528A, but removes the taxation component.’’ The amendment was moved by Vice Chair Walters and the committee adopted it without recorded opposition.
The bill also had other posted amendments: an A4 related to Oregon Health Authority rulemaking authority; an A5 replacing penalties in rule with a statutory schedule; and an A6 clarifying that tobacco products do not include foods containing trace amounts of naturally occurring nicotine. Representative Reschke said he had dropped an A7 amendment proposing container taxes on nicotine pouches and said he would vote no on the bill in its present form, arguing he preferred additional amendments limiting rulemaking authority and specifying penalties.
After adopting the dash-3 amendment, Vice Chair Walters moved the bill as amended to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation and to rescind the subsequent referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The committee conducted a roll-call vote and the motion passed. The transcript recorded these votes: Rep. Marsh — Aye; Rep. Smith — Aye; Rep. Rushdie — No; Judge Walters — Aye; Chair Nathanson — Aye. Rep. Heade was recorded as excused.
Representative Hudson was assigned as the bill carrier to carry the measure to the floor. The committee closed the work session on HB 2528A and adjourned for the day.
