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2026 Regular Session

HB3983

Cigarettes; cigarette excise taxes; stamps; effective date.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 2, 2026 House committee passed March 4, 2026 House passed March 25, 2026 Sent to Senate March 30, 2026 Introduced in Senate March 30, 2026 Senate committee reassignment April 8, 2026 Senate committee passed April 23, 2026

Recorded floor votes

3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 3, 2026 · House

House: Appropriations and Budget Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED, STRIKE THE TITLE

Passed

22 yea–4 nay

View roll call

March 25, 2026 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

51 yea–40 nay · 8 absent

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April 23, 2026 · Senate

Senate: Business & Insurance Committee: DO PASS AMENDED

Passed

6 yea–3 nay

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Committee referrals

April 1, 2026 · Senate

Rules

Instrument history

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  1. Senate Placed on General Order
  2. Senate Enacting clause stricken
  3. Senate Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed View roll call
  4. Senate Referred to Business and Insurance
  5. Senate Withdrawn from Rules committee
  6. Senate Remove as author Senator Paxton; authored by Senator Murdock
  7. Senate Remove as coauthor Senator Murdock
  8. Senate Second Reading referred to Rules
  9. Senate Coauthored by Senator Murdock
  10. Senate First Reading
  11. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  12. House Referred for engrossment
  13. House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 40 View roll call
  14. House Amended
  15. House General Order
  16. House Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
  17. House Coauthored by Representative(s) Lawson
  18. House Title stricken
  19. House CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee
  20. House Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
  21. House Authored by Representative Caldwell (Trey)
  22. House First Reading
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