Smoking; local regulation in outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and playgrounds. [SB-132]
Local regulation of smoking; outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and playgrounds. Allows localities to designate smoking areas within 100 feet of sports fields, recreation centers, and playgrounds in outdoor parks. The bill requires signs regarding designated smoking areas to be posted at the entrances to such parks.
SB-132: Smoking; local regulation in outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and playgrounds.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Continued To 2023 In Local Government (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2022
Relating To Smoking. [SB-553]
Allows the governor to order mitigating measures including prohibiting smoking in multi-unit residences during an emergency order to stay at home.
SB-553: Relating To Smoking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Les Ihara
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Relating To Condominiums. [SB-980]
Requires the board of directors of a condominium association to convene to consider and vote upon a request from a qualifying unit owner for reasonable accommodation to mitigate the effects of secondhand smoke from neighboring units. Provides for subsequent annual meetings on subsequent requests if previous requests are denied. Requires notices of meeting to the requesting unit owner and the owners of certain neighboring units. Authorizes a unit owner to pursue alternative dispute resolution if a request is denied for a second time.
SB-980: Relating To Condominiums.
Sponsored by: Sen. Les Ihara
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Relating To Smoking. [SB-729]
Prohibits smoking in all enclosed and partially enclosed areas of individual units of multiple-unit residences or multifamily dwellings, if such units share at least one common floor, wall, or ceiling with another such unit.
SB-729: Relating To Smoking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
HB-1550: An Act To End the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products
Sponsored by: Sen. Teresa Pierce
The Bill Was In The Possession Of The House When The Legislature Adjourned Sine Die And Was Placed In The Legislative Files. (dead) on 05/09/2022
Property owners' associations & unit owners' associations; rulemaking authority concerning smoking. [HB-1842]
Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; rulemaking authority of property owners' associations and unit owners' associations; smoking. Permits (i) except to the extent that the declaration provides otherwise, the board of directors of a property owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the development, including (a) rules that prohibit smoking in the common areas and, (b) for developments that include attached private dwelling units, rules that prohibit smoking within such dwelling units, and (ii) except
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Relating To Condominiums. [SB-980]
Requires the board of directors of a condominium association to convene to consider and vote upon a request from a qualifying unit owner for reasonable accommodation to mitigate the effects of secondhand smoke from neighboring units. Provides for subsequent annual meetings on subsequent requests if previous requests are denied. Requires notices of meeting to the requesting unit owner and the owners of certain neighboring units. Authorizes a unit owner to pursue alternative dispute resolution if a request is denied for a second time.
SB-980: Relating To Condominiums.
Sponsored by: Sen. Les Ihara
The Committee On Cpn Deferred The Measure. on 02/12/2021
Relating To Smoking. [SB-729]
Prohibits smoking in all enclosed and partially enclosed areas of individual units of multiple-unit residences or multifamily dwellings, if such units share at least one common floor, wall, or ceiling with another such unit.
SB-729: Relating To Smoking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Hth, Cpn. on 01/27/2021
Relating To Smoking. [SB-553]
Allows the governor to order mitigating measures including prohibiting smoking in multi-unit residences during an emergency order to stay at home.
SB-553: Relating To Smoking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Les Ihara
The Committee On Hth Deferred The Measure. on 02/17/2021
Vehicle Laws - Smoking Marijuana in Vehicles - Prohibition [SB-345]
Prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle from smoking or consuming marijuana in the passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway; and prohibiting an occupant of a motor vehicle from smoking marijuana in the passenger area of the motor vehicle on a highway.
SB-345: Vehicle Laws - Smoking Marijuana in Vehicles - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
Public Health - Tobacco Control Funding [SB-254]
Requiring $21,000,000 in funding for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter for activities aimed at reducing tobacco use in Maryland.
SB-254: Public Health - Tobacco Control Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Hearing 1/31 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/31/2018