2025 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
SB859: Levying user fee on cigarettes to support EMS
Legislative Summary
The purpose of this bill is to levy a $1 user fee on cigarettes; provide the user fee be directed to support Emergency Medical Services; and create a special revenue fund to receive funds from the created user fee.
Bill History
3/21/2025
Filed for introduction
Senate
3/21/2025
To Health and Human Resources then Finance
Senate
3/21/2025
Introduced in Senate
Senate
3/21/2025
To Health and Human Resources
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(3/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Health and Human Resources(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Tom Takubo
Republican