United States · Bill · S
S. 2517 (116th)
Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2019
Introduced
19 September 2019
Last action
19 September 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5605-5606)
Sponsors
Richard Durbin, Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Edward Markey, Richard Blumenthal, John Reed, Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Jeff Merkley
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2019 This bill increases the excise tax on cigarettes and equalizes tax rates among all other tobacco products.
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Timeline
19 September 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5605-5606)
Source: IntroReferral
19 September 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 19 September 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 September 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 September 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 19 September 2019
Sponsors
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
- Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
- John Reed · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
- Patty Murray · D · Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Youth Vaping Prevention Act of 2019
- related to → MOMMA’s Act
- related to → MOMMA’s Act
- related to → Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021
- related to ← QUITS Act of 2019
- related to ← EHDC Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2517
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2517
- us · 116-s-2517 · source updated 3 January 2025