HB-423: An Act To Require Child-resistant Packaging for Nicotine Liquid Containers
Sponsored by: Rep. Beth O'Connor
Ld 423 In Senate, June 30, 2015, This Bill, Having Been Returned By The Governor, Together With Objections To The Same Pursuant To The Provisions Of The Constitution Of The State Of Maine, After Reconsideration, The Senate Proceeded To Vote On The Question: "shall This Bill Become A Law Notwithstanding The Objections Of The Governor?" 27 In Favor And 7 Against , Accordingly It Was The Vote Of The Senate That The Bill Become Law And The Veto Was Overridden. on 06/30/2015
You have voted SB-96: Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property or at school-related or school-sanctioned activities..
HB-81: Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and advertising of nicotine products and cigarettes; authorizing a fee; creating offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/24/2015
You have voted HB-81: Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and advertising of nicotine products and cigarettes; authorizing a fee; creating offenses..
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [SB-82]
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; specifying that the Act does not apply to a mobile home under specified circumstances; specifying that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for purposes of the assessment of points; etc.
SB-82: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/04/2014
Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program [SB-735]
Establishing the Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program and Fund; specifying the purposes of both the Program and the Fund; requiring the Maryland Biotechnology Center in the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the Fund; establishing criteria and award amounts for grants awarded under the Program; requiring recipients of Program funds to pay a royalty; requiring the Governor to make a specified appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2016; etc.
SB-735: Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2014
The Marijuana Taxation and Regulation Act [SB-658]
Repealing specified criminal prohibitions against the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana under specified circumstances; providing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana cultivation facilities, and safety compliance facilities under specified circumstances; establishing a specified affirmative defense; etc.
SB-658: The Marijuana Taxation and Regulation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/25/2014
Tobacco Taxes - Healthy Maryland Initiative [SB-589]
Requiring a specified level of funding for the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program; altering the tobacco tax rates on cigarettes and other tobacco products; requiring certain wholesalers of cigarettes and other tobacco products to report the amount of other tobacco products sold on a tobacco tax return; and defining certain terms.
Marijuana Control Act of 2014 [HB-880]
Repealing specified criminal prohibitions against the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana under specified circumstances; providing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana cultivation facilities, and safety compliance facilities under specified circumstances; establishing a specified affirmative defense; etc.
HB-880: Marijuana Control Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/13/2014
Rental Units, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Smoking Restrictions [HB-664]
Allowing written leases for residential real property to include specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products in specified areas; allowing the bylaws or regulations of a condominium to contain specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products in specified areas; and authorizing a homeowners association to include in its declaration, bylaws, rules, or recorded covenants and restrictions specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products in multi-unit dwellings or in the common areas.
HB-664: Rental Units, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Smoking Restrictions
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [HB-585]
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 not more than $50 for a violation of the Act; specifying that the Act does not apply to a mobile home under specified circumstances; specifying that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for purposes of the assessment of points; etc.
HB-585: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 02/11/2014
Tobacco Taxes - Healthy Maryland Initiative [HB-443]
Requiring a specified level of funding for the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program; increasing the tobacco tax rates on cigarettes and other tobacco products; requiring certain wholesalers of cigarettes and other tobacco products to report the amount of other tobacco products sold on a tobacco tax return; etc.
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Smoke-Free or Tobacco-Free Campuses - Funding [HB-1408]
Providing that, if a public institution of higher education maintains a smoke-free or tobacco-free campus, any State support from the General Fund provided to the institution shall be reduced by a percentage equal to the ratio of revenues generated by the taxes on tobacco products under Title 12 of the Tax - General Article divided by all revenues credited to the General Fund.
HB-1408: Public Institutions of Higher Education - Smoke-Free or Tobacco-Free Campuses - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. John Wood
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/03/2014