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.
SB-989: Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Electronic Smoking Devices
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/22/2010
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.
SB-851: Maryland Health Improvement and Disease Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/11/2010
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.
SB-840: Budget Reduction Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing Cancelled on 02/26/2010
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.
SB-703: Tobacco-Related Products - Distribution to Minors
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/06/2010
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".
SB-226: Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/01/2010
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.
SB-141: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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.
SB-1004: Budget Reconciliation and Balancing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 03/01/2010
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.
SB-1003: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Disease
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 03/18/2010
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.
HB-957: Tobacco-Related Products - Definitions and Distribution to Minors
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/08/2010
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.
HB-438: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/25/2010
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.
HB-191: Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2010
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.
HB-1497: Distribution of Tobacco-Related Products to Minors - Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/08/2010
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.
HB-1390: Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program and Cancer Prevention, Education,
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/09/2010
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.
HB-1159: Budget Reduction Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
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.
HB-1105: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Disease
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/17/2010
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
You have voted 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..