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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island bill cuts cigarette tax by 75 percent for modified risk tobacco products
Last action · June 5, 2026: Referred to House FinanceSponsors: Lou DiPalma and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Rhode Island Senate bill S 2360 reduces the state cigarette tax by 75% for any qualified designed to reduce disease harm.
Lowers state tax burdens specifically for tobacco products certified under federal law to pose lower health risks.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Tobacco product manufacturers and distributors
Distributors and manufacturers of qualified modified risk tobacco products face a 75% reduction in the cigarette tax imposed on those items.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- Jun 5, 2026CommitteeReferred to House Finance
- Jun 4, 2026FloorSenate read and passed
- Jun 2, 2026Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026)
- Jun 2, 2026FloorCommittee recommends passage
- May 29, 2026Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- Mar 24, 2026Committee heard
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- Mar 20, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
- Jan 30, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Finance
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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