Illinois · House Bill 3606 · 104th General Assembly

TOBACCO-ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

HB 3606 Sponsored by Camille Y. Lilly In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 7, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 18, 2025
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Tobacco Products Act. Defines "electronic cigarette", "nicotine", and "tobacco products". Imposes a tax on any person engaged in business as a distributor of tobacco products at the rate of (i) 18% of the wholesale price of tobacco products sold or otherwise disposed of to retailers or consumers located in this State before July 1, 2012; (ii) 36% of the wholesale price of tobacco products sold or…

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Amends the Tobacco Products Act. Defines "electronic cigarette", "nicotine", and "tobacco products". Imposes a tax on any person engaged in business as a distributor of tobacco products at the rate of (i) 18% of the wholesale price of tobacco products sold or otherwise disposed of to retailers or consumers located in this State before July 1, 2012; (ii) 36% of the wholesale price of tobacco products sold or otherwise disposed of to retailers or consumers located in this State prior to July 1, 2025; and (iii) 45% of the wholesale price of tobacco products sold or otherwise disposed of to retailers or consumers located in this State beginning on July 1, 2025. Makes the changes made to the definition of "electronic cigarette" by this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly apply on and after June 30, 2025, but no claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly for such taxes paid during the period beginning June 30, 2025 and the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.

Every action

28 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  5. CommitteeAssigned to Executive Committee · House Executive
  6. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
  9. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  10. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
  11. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
  12. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  13. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
  14. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
  15. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
  16. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
  17. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
  18. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
  19. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
  20. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
  3. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
  7. HouseRemoved Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 21 cosponsors: 21 Democrats.

All 21 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.