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Washington Senate Proposes Statewide Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Posted on March 3, 2021
  • Washington state senators have introduced Senate Bill 5371 (SB 5371), which would impart a tax of $0.0175 per ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages that have more than 20 calories in a

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Soda Tax Debate Continues

Posted on March 26, 2019
  • The effectiveness of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce the amount of sugar consumed has been the subject of debate for several years. As we’ve previously reported on this blog,

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Post-Election, Oregon and Washington’s Proposed Soda Tax Bans Reach Different Results

Posted on November 14, 2018
  • As previously reported on this blog, Oregon and Washington state residents headed to the polls on November 6, 2018 to vote on initiatives that would preemptively ban new soda

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Washington and Oregon to Vote on Soda and Food Tax Bans

Posted on October 16, 2018
  • Washington State Initiative 1634 would ban local taxes on groceries. The initiative defines groceries as “any raw or processed food or beverage, or any ingredient thereof, intended for human consumption

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Will Pennsylvania Join Other States in Banning Local Soda Taxes?

Posted on July 24, 2018
  • The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages approved by the Philadelphia city council in 2016 (see previous blogs here, here and here for background information

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WHO Panel Holds Back on Calling for Sugary Drink Tax

Posted on June 5, 2018
  • An independent panel advising the World Health Organization (WHO) did not recommend taxing sugary drinks in a report, titled, “A Time to Deliver.” While the report, released June 1,

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Pennsylvania House Committee Passes Soda Tax Preemption Bill (subscription to Law360 required)

Posted on May 2, 2018
  • As previously covered on this blog, Philadelphia enacted a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on distributors of sweetened beverages (including soda and diet soda, non-100% fruit drinks; sports drinks; flavored water; energy

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Opposing Views and Uncertain Future for the Philadelphia Soda Tax

Posted on March 12, 2018

15 Months In, Philly Still Plagued With Soda Tax Uncertainties (subscription to Law360 required)

  • As previously covered on this blog, Philadelphia’s 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on distributors of sweetened beverages (including

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Soda Tax Battles Continue into 2018

Posted on January 2, 2018
  • As our readers are aware, sweetened beverage taxes have been in the spotlight for several years now. In November 2016, voters in three California cities and in Boulder, Colorado passed

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Philly Sweetened Beverage Tax Under Fire

Posted on October 18, 2017
  • As previously covered on this blog, on June 16, 2016, the Philadelphia city council voted 13-4 to approve a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.  The tax – which took

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