Requires certain technology on cigarette tax stamps to prevent counterfeiting

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Requires the use of color shifting dyes, unique serial numbers, tamper-evident surface cuts, and stamp/meter impressions that can be read by scanning devices on cigarette tax stamps to prevent counterfeiting.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 9, 2025
Last action: Jan 7, 2026 — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 27 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 5%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum -5 27/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 287 days quiet

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