republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-948.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 tobacco.	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	SB 948	Virginia SB 948 (2017)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Tobacco and Tobacco Products	enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	4	18	5	2016-12-31	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/400d9fe0-8e4d-41c4-bc78-411a940d8e22	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB948	c5f165bd76aad023d6b6d049d6ddf44f6f82641c0dfafccf13a059b8c49f1e90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 948 (2017) — Tobacco Board; composition, increases excise tax on bright flue-cured & type 21 dark-fired tobacco.

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 (CHAP0066) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB948ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104043D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100711D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House — 92–3 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 32–8 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100711D introduction
• 2016-12-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17104043D-S1
• 2017-01-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB948S1
• 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Passed House (92-Y 3-N) passage
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 2017-02-14 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/400d9fe0-8e4d-41c4-bc78-411a940d8e22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).