Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Tax panel approves vape-product tax after sponsor backs 20% amendment to target youth use
Summary
The House Taxation Committee on Dec. 5 advanced a bill to tax vaping products after the sponsor supported a compromise amendment reducing the wholesale tax from 50% to 20%. Proponents and small-business owners supported the lower rate; public-health groups pressed to keep taxes high to reduce youth uptake.
Representative Mary Caffaro opened testimony on House Bill 910, saying the bill’s goal is to reduce youth use by making vape products more expensive. “The goal of this bill is to make vape products unaffordable for kids,” she said during the introduction.
Caffaro’s original draft would have imposed a 50% wholesale tax on many electronic nicotine-delivery products. Early testimony showed a split: public-health advocates such as Carrie Neeson of the American Lung Association said taxation is “one of the pillars of good prevention…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
