A BILL for an Act to create and enact five new sections to chapter 57-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a tax on cigars, other tobacco products, alternative tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, and electronic smoking device substances and a tobacco tax distribution fund; to amend and reenact section 57-36-01, subsection 1 of section 57-36-31, and section 57-36-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of alternative tobacco products, transfer and allocation of tobacco products tax revenue and tax on cigarettes; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

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Relating to a tax on cigars, other tobacco products, alternative tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, and electronic smoking device substances and a tobacco tax distribution fund; to amend and reenact section 57‑36‑01, subsection 1 of section 57‑36‑31, and section 57‑36‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of alternative tobacco products, transfer and allocation of tobacco products tax revenue and tax on cigarettes; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Jan 20, 2025
Last action: Mar 12, 2025 — Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 21 nays 70
Session: 69
Momentum: 60 · High

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

64.1% Likely

Why this number

Stage base Passed First Chamber — base rate 84%, measured from ND's completed sessions
Momentum +2 60/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 578 days quiet

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