Introduced
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To increase the penalties on a person who possesses, acquires, transports, or offers for sale cigarettes with counterfeit tax stamps; or who falsifies a manufacturer's label on cigarettes. The bill would require seized illegal cigarettes to be destroyed, and would impose certain documentation and disclosure requirements on Internet and other distance cigarette sellers designed to make it harder for them to ship untaxed cigarettes to Michigan purchasers.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that incorporates changes resulting from committee testimony and deliberation. This version was subsequently superceded by another substitute with more changes. The substance of the bill as previously described is not changed by these substitutes.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify the buyer identification requirement for Internet cigarette sales.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 102 to 3 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
To clarify a technical provision in the bill so the language of the amended law is internally consistent.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To increase the penalties on a person who possesses, acquires, transports, or offers for sale cigarettes with counterfeit tax stamps; or who falsifies a manufacturer's label on cigarettes. The bill would require seized illegal cigarettes to be destroyed, and would impose certain documentation and disclosure requirements on Internet and other distance cigarette sellers designed to make it harder for them to ship untaxed cigarettes to Michigan purchasers.
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
Passed in the House 94 to 5 (details)
