republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2254.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Tobacco Board; composition, increases excise tax on bright flue-cured & type 21 dark-fired tobaccos.	Alters the member nomination process, tax rate, and other functions of the Tobacco Board (the Board). The bill removes the 90-day deadline for submission of industry nominees for a seat on the Board, as well as the requirement that there be two or more nominations for each seat. The bill removes from the Board the power to appoint a secretary and other employees. Finally, the bill raises the excise tax on tobacco from 20 cents to 40 cents per 100 pounds of tobacco harvested and renames it an assessment; authorizes the Board, at its discretion, to waive interest on the assessment when it is paid late or is left unpaid; and provides criteria for such waiver. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2254	Virginia HB 2254 (2017)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Taxation Tobacco and Tobacco Products	enacted	James E. Edmunds, II	4	17	6	2017-01-11	2017-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8decffbd-e509-47e9-abd7-519907357385	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2254	1a07a8d03712ff739a65327ab98db39882d7faab66685b979455f258cecbcaab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2254 (2017) — Tobacco Board; composition, increases excise tax on bright flue-cured & type 21 dark-fired tobaccos.

Alters the member nomination process, tax rate, and other functions of the Tobacco Board (the Board). The bill removes the 90-day deadline for submission of industry nominees for a seat on the Board, as well as the requirement that there be two or more nominations for each seat. The bill removes from the Board the power to appoint a secretary and other employees. Finally, the bill raises the excise tax on tobacco from 20 cents to 40 cents per 100 pounds of tobacco harvested and renames it an assessment; authorizes the Board, at its discretion, to waive interest on the assessment when it is paid late or is left unpaid; and provides criteria for such waiver. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2254ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104064D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101881D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 33–7 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 12–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101881D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17104064D-H1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2254H1
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Enrolled
• 2017-02-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-08 Signed by President
• 2017-02-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
• 2017-02-09 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
• 2017-02-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8decffbd-e509-47e9-abd7-519907357385. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).