Committee briefly approves e-cigarette tax bill introduction and Special Education funding resolution
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Summary
At the start of the Committee on Taxation meeting, members approved introduction of legislation to raise taxes on electronic cigarettes with revenue directed to the Children's Initiative Fund and approved a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to meet Special Education funding commitments.
The Committee on Taxation began its session by approving several brief bill-introduction requests. Representative Goetz asked to introduce a bill to increase the tax on electronic cigarettes and to credit the higher revenue to the Children's Initiative Fund; the chair asked if there were any objections and the request was approved by the committee.
A second introduction was a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to fulfill the federal government's original funding commitments under the Special Education Act; that introduction was also approved without objection. Both items were taken up at the meeting’s start and were approved to be introduced, with no formal debate recorded in the committee transcript.
These items were procedural at the opening of the committee’s agenda and were followed by full consideration of House Bill 2745 later in the meeting.
