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Ways & Means advances S.198 but delays tobacco-substitute tax stamp pending study
Summary
The committee moved S.198 forward as received and recorded a favorable vote (10–0–1) after Department of Liquor & Lottery and Department of Taxes officials urged studying how a stamp would work for new tobacco-substitute products rather than imposing an immediate stamp requirement.
The Ways & Means committee voted to find S.198 favorable as received from Human Services after hearing testimony urging study of a possible tax stamp on new tobacco-substitute products rather than immediate enactment.
Hannah Shovan, representing the Department of Liquor and Lottery, told the committee the narrow issue of a tax stamp is the tax committee’s jurisdiction and said DLL supports studying the operational implications before imposing a stamp. “There is a lot to be learned,” Shovan said, urging study so the state could assess how stamping would…
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