Senate votes on a cigarette tax hike

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Votes Thursday as the Senate, on a 17-16
vote, passed a measure to increase the state’s cigarette tax by 42
cents per pack. Voting yes were 16 Democrats and one independent.
Voting no were 16 Republicans.

REPUBLICANS VOTING NO
Mae Beavers, Mt. Juliet
Diane Black, Hendersonville
Dewayne Bunch, Cleveland
Tim Burchett, Knoxville
Rusty Crowe, Johnson City
Raymond Finney, Maryville
Jack Johnson, Brentwood
Bill Ketron, Murfreesboro
Randy McNally, Oak Ridge
Mark Norris, Collierville
Speaker Ron Ramsey, Blountville
Steve Southerland, Morristown
Paul Stanley, Memphis
Jim Tracy, Shelbyville
Bo Watson, Hixson
Jamie Woodson, Knoxville

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES
Charlotte Burks, Monterey
Jerry W. Cooper, Morrison
Ward Crutchfield, Chattanooga
Lowe Finney, Jackson
Ophelia Ford, Memphis
Thelma Harper, Nashville
Joe M. Haynes, Goodlettsville
Douglas Henry, Nashville
Roy Herron, Dresden
Doug Jackson, Dickson
Tommy Kilby, Wartburg
Rosalind Kurita, Clarksville
James F. Kyle Jr., Memphis
Beverly Marrero, Memphis
Reginald Tate, Memphis
John Wilder, Mason

INDEPENDENTS VOTING YES
Micheal R. Williams, Maynardville