A 5805 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Modifies tax rate on certain nicotine products.

This bill increases tax rates on cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and container e-liquid in New Jersey. It raises the cigarette tax from $0.135 to $0.15 per cigarette (or $2.70 to $3.00 per pack), increases the liquid nicotine tax from $0.10 to $0.30 per milliliter, and raises the container e-liquid tax from 10% to 30% of retail price. The bill requires businesses to file inventory reports and pay the higher tax rates on existing inventories when the changes take effect on August 1, 2025. It also dedicates $2 million annually from these new tax revenues to the Health Care Subsidy Fund, which supports healthcare programs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jun 26, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2025 · General Assembly Jun 30, 2025

How they voted

2514
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jun 30, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
14 Nay 1
93% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jun 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.68.
executive
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14)
upper
Jun 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (46-33-0)
lower
Jun 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors