Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB1856: Increases the cigarette tax from $0.17 per pack of 20 cigarettes to $0.27 per pack to be used for public education and health care purposes, upon voter approval
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 1856 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTZ. 4675H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 149.015, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to cigarette taxes, with a referendum clause. Section A. Section 149.015, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 149.015, to read as follows: 149.015. 1. Except as provided in subsection 9 of this section, a tax shall be levied upon the sale of cigarettes at an amount equal to eight and one-half mills per cigarette, until such time as the general assembly appropriates an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the net federal reimbursement allowance to the health initiatives fund, then the tax shall be six and one-half mills per cigarette beginning July first of the fiscal year immediately after such appropriation. As used in this section, "net federal reimbursement allowance" shall mean that amount of the federal reimbursement allowance in excess of the amount of state matching funds necessary for the state to make payments required by subsection 1 of section 208.471 or, if the payments exceed the amount so required, the actual payments made for the purposes specified in subsection 1 of section 208.471. 2. The tax shall be evidenced by stamps which shall be …
Sponsors
- Stephen Butz (D, 081) · primary sponsor
- Marty Murray (D, 078)
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB1856?
- HB1856 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Increases the cigarette tax from $0.17 per pack of 20 cigarettes to $0.27 per pack to be used for public education and health care purposes, upon voter approval.
- What is the status of HB1856?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1856?
- Stephen Butz (D, 081), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB1856?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1856&year=2026&code=R
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