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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Public Health - Use of Medical Oxygen in Residential Dwellings - Smoking and Open Flame Restrictions [HB-600]
Prohibiting an individual from lighting or smoking specified matters or substances that contain tobacco in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; prohibiting an individual from having an open flame in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/07/2017

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State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco Products [SB-1170]
An Act To Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco Products

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stacey Guerin Ordered Sent Forthwith. on 08/02/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Smoking Marijuana in a Public Place - Prohibition [SB-445]
Prohibiting a person from smoking marijuana in a public place, in or on a public conveyance, or in any specified area otherwise accessible to the public; establishing a penalty of a fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of the Act; providing for the expungement of a conviction under the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vaping Liquid - Licensing [HB-523]
Requiring a person to have an appropriate license whenever the person acts in the State as an electronic nicotine delivery systems manufacturer, retailer, vape shop vendor, wholesaler distributor, or wholesaler importer; providing for specified application procedures and fees; requiring the Comptroller to issue electronic nicotine delivery systems licenses; requiring the Comptroller to pay specified fees into the General Fund of the State; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 814 on 05/27/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Rental Units, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Smoking Restrictions [HB-500]
Allowing written leases for residential real property to include specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products in the dwelling unit or elsewhere on the premises; allowing the bylaws or regulations of a condominium to contain specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products; authorizing a homeowners association to include in its declaration, bylaws, rules, or recorded covenants and restrictions a prohibition on smoking tobacco products in multi-unit dwellings and common areas; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/27/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Cigar Shop Licenses [HB-396]
Establishing a cigar shop beer, wine, and liquor license in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a specified establishment; specifying that the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a cigar shop customer for consumption in the smoking room of the cigar shop; prohibiting the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages at the cigar shop from exceeding a specified amount; providing for an annual fee of $500; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/10/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Clean Indoor Air Act - Use of Electronic Cigarette Devices - Prohibition [HB-354]
Altering the Clean Indoor Air Act to include a prohibition of the use of a specified electronic cigarette device; defining the term "electronic cigarette device" as an electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine or any other substance intended for human consumption to an individual to simulate smoking through the inhalation of vapor or aerosol from the device; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/27/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Cigar Shop Licenses [SB-326]
Establishing a cigar shop beer, wine, and liquor license in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a specified establishment; specifying that the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a cigar shop customer for consumption in the smoking room of the cigar shop; prohibiting the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages at the cigar shop from exceeding a specified amount; providing for an annual fee of $500; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/17/2017

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State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Promote Equity in Business Opportunity for Tobacco Specialty Stores [SB-34]
An Act To Promote Equity in Business Opportunity for Tobacco Specialty Stores

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Beth O'Connor Placed In The Legislative Files. (dead) on 05/16/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Distribution of Tobacco Products to Minors - Prohibition and Enforcement [HB-185]
Prohibiting specified persons from distributing tobacco products, paraphernalia, or coupons to a minor; providing that a person who violates a specified provision of the Act is subject to civil penalties; providing that a conviction for a violation of specified provisions of law precludes a proceeding for a specified civil penalty arising out of the same violation; providing that enforcement of a specified civil penalty precludes a prosecution for a violation of specified provisions of law arising out of the same violation; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Approved By The Governor - Chapter 773 on 05/25/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Public Health - Use of Medical Oxygen in Residential Dwellings - Smoking and Open Flame Restrictions [SB-175]
Prohibiting an individual from lighting or smoking specified matters or substances that contain tobacco in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; prohibiting an individual from having an open flame in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman Unfavorable Report By Finance on 02/23/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Public Health - Tobacco Control Funding [SB-113]
Requiring $21,000,000 in funding for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter for activities aimed at reducing tobacco use in Maryland.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden Hearing 2/01 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/01/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - Licensing [SB-119]
Requiring a person to have an appropriate license whenever the person acts in the State as an electronic nicotine delivery systems manufacturer, retailer, storage warehouse, vape shop vendor, or wholesaler; establishing license application procedures and fees; specifying the scope of the licenses; providing for the renewal of a license; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing awareness of the dangers of exposing children to secondhand smoke. [HB-3120]
Relating to increasing awareness of the dangers of exposing children to secondhand smoke.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Farrar Read First Time on 03/29/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses. [HB-1348]
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Tinderholt Read First Time on 02/27/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses. [HB-1279]
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Shaheen Read First Time on 02/28/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Smoking in outdoor public place; locality regulation. [SB-938]
Smoking in outdoor public place; locality regulation. Authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to designate nonsmoking areas in an outdoor amphitheater or concert venue owned by a locality. The bill requires such ordinance to provide for adequate signage designating such areas and provides that a violation of such ordinance is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25 paid into the Virginia Health Care Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards Left In General Laws on 02/21/2017

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