Labeling
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health – Cottage Food Products – Definition and Sale [HB-527]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "cottage food product" to include nonhazardous food, as specified in regulations adopted by the Maryland Department of Health, that is sold in the State in accordance with certain laws and regulations to retail food stores or food cooperatives; requiring a certain label for a cottage food product for sale at a retail food store; requiring the owner of a cottage food business to complete a food safety course approved by the Department and submit the label that will be affixed to the product; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Clean Cars Act of 2019 [HB-1246]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Expanding the vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain plug-in electric drive vehicles to include the purchase of certain fuel cell electric vehicles; providing for the credit for a plug-in electric drive vehicle and a fuel cell electric vehicle; prohibiting a person from selling hydrogen as a motor fuel in the State if the hydrogen was produced by natural gas reforming; altering the name, membership, and required activities of the Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Pesticide Use - Labeling and Study [HB-1174]
[Cannabis ]
[Agriculture ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a certain dispensary or dispensary agent to ensure that medical cannabis grown using a pesticide and products containing medical cannabis grown using a pesticide have a label affixed at the time of sale stating that the medical cannabis was grown using pesticides; requiring the Department of Agriculture to study the health impacts of smoking medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides or being in close proximity to smoke from the burning of medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Alcohol and Tobacco Commission [HB-1052]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission; expressing the legislative intent that the Field Enforcement Division (FED) in the Office of the Comptroller be transferred to the Commission by July 1, 2020; establishing certain powers and duties for the Commission in addition to those transferred from the Comptroller's office; requiring the Commission to conduct certain studies related to the alcohol and tobacco industries and to develop certain best practices; requiring the Governor to appoint an Executive Director of the Commission; etc.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Coffee Labeling. [SB-894]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Fireworks Labeling. [SB-152]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Corrects labeling dimension with regard to fireworks used for display.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Agriculture. [SB-1425]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Requires a seller to include certain disclosures when advertising or marketing for sale carcasses, sides, or primal cuts of meat for consumption. Prohibits certain labeling, marketing practices, and misrepresentations of products or grades.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Fireworks Labeling. [HB-499]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Corrects the labeling dimensions for a label affixed to display fireworks from nine inches by nine inches to nine square inches. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Coffee Labeling. [HB-143]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages. (HB143 HD1)
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Health - Sale of Food Products Containing Alcohol - Requirements and Restrictions [SB-753]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing a provision of law that provided that a confectionary food product is adulterated if it contains any alcohol in excess of a specified percent by volume or any alcohol derived from anything but flavoring extracts; prohibiting specified provisions of law from being construed to prohibit the addition of alcohol to a food product, including a confectionery and a frozen dessert; prohibiting the sale of a food product that contains more than one-half of one percent of alcohol per volume to an individual under 21 years of age; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Marketing Synthetic Drugs - Penalties [SB-740]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a person issued a specified license from possessing, providing, distributing, displaying, selling, or marketing a specified synthetic drug with the intent that it be used as a recreational drug; providing specified factors to be treated as indicia that a product is a specified synthetic drug; providing that specified proof is prima facie evidence of a violation of the Act; requiring that a specified person must permit the Comptroller to inspect specified records and products; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Physicians - Prescriptions Written by Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners - Preparing and Dispensing [SB-647]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Providing that specified provisions of law do not prohibit a licensed physician who complies with specified requirements from personally preparing and dispensing a prescription written by a physician assistant in accordance with a specified delegation agreement or a nurse practitioner who is authorized to practice under a specified provision of law and is working with the physician in the same office setting.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Veterinarians, Pharmacies, and Pharmacists - Dispensing Compounded Preparations for Use by Nonfarm Animals [SB-614]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Providing specified exceptions to a specified prohibition on the practice of veterinary medicine and dispensing specified medication that is not in a specified manufacturer's container for a person who sells or dispenses specified medication in a container with a label showing specified information for use by a specified nonfarm animal and for a licensed veterinarian who dispenses specified compounded preparations to be used for a specified nonfarm animal under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Healthy Vending Machine Act [SB-602]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring 75% of packaged food and beverage options offered in a food and beverage vending machine located on property owned or managed by the State to be healthy food and beverage options; providing that specified packaged food and beverage options may not contain more than a specified amount of trans fat or a specified amount of sodium; requiring healthy food or beverage options to be displayed and stocked in a specified manner; establishing requirements that must be met to be considered a healthy food option; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Tobacco Taxes - Healthy Maryland Initiative [SB-514]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Governor to include for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter an additional $11,000,000 in annual appropriations for tobacco use prevention and cessation programs; altering the tobacco tax rates on cigarettes and other tobacco products; establishing the tobacco tax rates on cigarillos; clarifying that all cigarettes and other tobacco products used, possessed, or held in the State on or after July 1, 2016, are subject to the full tax enacted under the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Recycling at Special Events - Exemptions [SB-392]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Exempting Dorchester County from a requirement to revise its recycling plan by a specified date to address recycling at special events; and exempting Dorchester County from specified requirements regarding recycling at special events.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Redeemable Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Act [SB-367]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Redeemable Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program; requiring the Maryland Environmental Service to develop, implement, and administer the Program; requiring that every redeemable beverage container sold in the State indicate a 5-cent refund value in a specified manner on and after July 1, 2017; requiring that a specified refund value be added to the retail price of a specified container at the time of purchase on and after a specified date; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement [SB-328]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of specified misdemeanor convictions; requiring a person to file a petition for expungement in a specified court; providing that a petition for expungement of specified misdemeanor convictions may not be filed earlier than 10 years after the person satisfied the specified sentence or sentences imposed for all convictions for which expungement is requested; requiring the court to provided written notice of the petition to all victims listed in the case; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Neonicotinoid Pesticides - Restrictions on Sales and Use (Pollinator Protection Act of 2016) [SB-198]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
Prohibiting a person from selling, on or after January 1, 2018, a neonicotinoid pesticide unless the person also sells a restricted use pesticide; prohibiting a person from using a neonicotinoid pesticide on or after January 1, 2018, unless the person is a certified applicator or a person working under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Agriculture to incorporate pollinator habitat expansion and enhancement practices into the State's Managed Pollinator Protection Plan; requiring a specified report; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Worcester County - Recycling at Special Events - Exemptions [SB-131]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Exempting Worcester County from a requirement to revise its recycling plan by a specified date to address recycling at special events and exempting Worcester County from specified requirements regarding recycling at special events.