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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Electronic Smoking Devices [SB-989]
Prohibiting a person from smoking an electronic smoking device in specified places; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations that prohibit smoke from an electronic smoking device in specified indoor areas; and specifying that provisions of law do not preempt a county or municipal government from adopting specified measures regarding involuntary exposure to smoke from an electronic smoking device; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno First Reading Senate Rules on 02/22/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Maryland Health Improvement and Disease Prevention Act [SB-851]
Establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Improvement and Disease Prevention; providing for the membership, purpose, chair, staff, and reimbursement of the Commission; requiring the Commission to consider and make recommendations on specified incentives; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/11/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Budget Reduction Act [SB-840]
Altering or repealing specified State aid to local jurisdictions; altering or repealing specified grants to specified persons or institutions; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of highway user revenues; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding restraining spending in the State budget by implementation of specified actions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly Hearing Cancelled on 02/26/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Tobacco-Related Products - Distribution to Minors [SB-703]
Prohibiting the distribution of tobacco-related products to minors; requiring specified persons to inspect a customer's driver's license before distributing specified tobacco-related products; repealing specified prohibitions, procedures, and dispositions relating to the possession or use of tobacco products by minors rendered inconsistent with the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/06/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition [SB-226]
Prohibiting a person from selling at retail, offering for sale at retail, or distributing for retail sale in the State a novelty lighter; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; providing for the application of the Act; and defining the term "novelty lighter".

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/01/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010 [SB-141]
Altering the calculation of specified distributions required to be made to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering or repealing specified grant programs; requiring the budget bill to specify how specified savings will be achieved and to include a specified schedule; requiring the transfer of specified funds from a specified account to the General Fund; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Budget Reconciliation and Balancing Act [SB-1004]
Altering or repealing specified required appropriations; repealing provisions of law regarding stem cell research; altering or repealing specified grant programs; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; repealing inflation adjustments for the calculation of specified State funding requirements; altering State aid provided to community colleges and to specified nonpublic institutions of higher education; altering the distribution of specified revenues; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 03/01/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Disease [SB-1003]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified health- and fitness-related expenses; limiting the amount of expenses that specified taxpayers may subtract from federal adjusted gross income; requiring the Comptroller in cooperation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations and report to the General Assembly; applying the Act to tax years after 2010; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 03/18/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Tobacco-Related Products - Definitions and Distribution to Minors [HB-957]
Altering the definition of "cigarette" in connection with tobacco taxes, the regulation of cigarette business, the sale of cigarettes below cost, and specified fire safety standards to include specified tobacco products that are wrapped in specified substances and weigh less than a specified amount; prohibiting the distribution of tobacco- related products to minors; requiring specified persons to inspect a customer's driver's license before distributing specified tobacco- related products; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/08/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [HB-438]
Prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle in which a person who is under the age of 8 years is a passenger from smoking a tobacco product or allowing a passenger to smoke in the motor vehicle; establishing a fine of up to $50 for a violation of the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/25/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition [HB-191]
Prohibiting a person from selling at retail, offering for sale at retail, or distributing for retail sale in the State a novelty lighter; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; providing for the application of the Act; defining the term "novelty lighter"; and making the Act an emergency measure.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Distribution of Tobacco-Related Products to Minors - Enforcement [HB-1497]
Prohibiting the distribution by specified persons of specified tobacco products, cigarette rolling papers, and tobacco-related coupons to minors; establishing a specified defense in an action for a specified violation; requiring a specified person distributing specified tobacco-related products to verify a prospective purchaser's or recipient's age by means of a specified examination of specified photo identification, except under specified circumstances; providing that a violation of the Act is a civil infraction; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/08/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program and Cancer Prevention, Education, [HB-1390]
Requiring the Governor to include amounts in the annual budget for activities aimed at reducing tobacco use in Maryland; authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to redistribute funding appropriated for specified grants under the Statewide Academic Health Center Component of the Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program; requiring the Governor to include specified amounts in the annual budget for grants under the Statewide Academic Health Center Component for specified fiscal years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/09/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Budget Reduction Act [HB-1159]
Altering or repealing specified State aid to local jurisdictions; altering or repealing specified grants to specified persons or institutions; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of highway user revenues; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding restraining spending in the State budget by implementation of specified actions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Disease [HB-1105]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified health- and fitness-related expenses; limiting the amount of expenses that specified taxpayers may subtract from federal adjusted gross income; requiring the Comptroller in cooperation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations and report to the General Assembly; applying the Act to tax years after 2010; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell First Reading Ways And Means on 02/17/2010

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State (Alabama)
Alabama Regular Session 2010

Restaurants, smoking prohibited in, Secs. 22-15A-3, 22-15A-5, 22-15A-6 am'd. [SB-541]
Restaurants, smoking prohibited in, Secs. 22-15A-3, 22-15A-5, 22-15A-6 am'd.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Vivian Figures Read For The Second Time And Placed On The Calendar on 04/14/2010

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State (Alabama)
Alabama Regular Session 2010

Restaurants, smoking prohibited in, Secs. 22-15A-3, 22-15A-5, 22-15A-6 am'd. [HB-720]
Restaurants, smoking prohibited in, Secs. 22-15A-3, 22-15A-5, 22-15A-6 am'd.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Demetrius Newton Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Government Operations on 03/11/2010

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties. [SB-544]
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 05/21/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a prohibition on the possession or smoking of a burning tobacco product in certain motor vehicles in which a person younger than 16 is present; providing a penalty. [SB-2327]
Relating to a prohibition on the possession or smoking of a burning tobacco product in certain motor vehicles in which a person younger than 16 is present; providing a penalty.

Sponsored by: Sen. Glenn Hegar Read First Time on 03/31/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties. [HB-5]
Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Sponsored by: Rep. Roberto Alonzo Considered In Formal Meeting on 05/08/2009

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