Governor's Tobacco Tax - HB1204

The Governor's Tobacco Tax just passed in the Senate with 28 ayes. HB1204 will now go to the Governor for his signature and then it will become law. It has been a long process with no small amount of discussion. In my opinion and for my vote the good ultimately outweighed the bad. It is not perfect but it is a good start. There is much more work to be done in spending the dollars so that health care is improved and continues to improve. I expect that it will take us years to get the Trauma System right but we are moving in the right direction.