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HB 228                                                                                            
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 228                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the offense of selling or giving tobacco to a                               
    minor, to the accounting of fees from business license                                          
    endorsements for tobacco products, to the disclosure of certain                                 
    confidential cigarette and tobacco product information, to                                      
    notification regarding a cigarette manufacturer's noncompliance                                 
    with the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement, to                                        
    business license endorsements for sale of tobacco products, to                                  
    citations and penalties for illegal sales of tobacco products; and                              
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 228(JUD)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to the accounting of fees from business license                                
    endorsements for tobacco products, to the disclosure of certain                                 

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    confidential cigarette and tobacco product information, to                                      
    notification regarding a cigarette manufacturer's noncompliance                                 
    with the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement, to                                        
    business license endorsements for sale of tobacco products, to                                  
    citations and penalties for illegal sales of tobacco products; and                              
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Rokeberg, Chair, with the                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (1):  Meyer                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (3):  Kookesh, Coghill, Rokeberg                                                  
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 228(JUD):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Zero, Dept. of Revenue                                                                          
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Law                                                                            
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                       
4.  Fiscal, Dept. of Community & Economic Development                                               
                                                                                                    
HB 228 was referred to the Finance Committee.