Smoking

State (Maine)
Maine 127th Legislature

An Act To Require Child-resistant Packaging for Nicotine Liquid Containers [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

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State (Maine)
Maine 127th Legislature

An Act To Protect Public Health in the Maine Community College System [HB-151]
An Act To Protect Public Health in the Maine Community College System

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joyce Maker Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 02/24/2015

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State (Maine)
Maine 127th Legislature

An Act To Protect Children and the Public from Vapor from Electronic Smoking Devices [HB-1108]
An Act To Protect Children and the Public from Vapor from Electronic Smoking Devices

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patricia Hymanson Released. on 06/22/2015

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State (Texas)
Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property or at school-related or school-sanctioned activities. [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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West Placed On General State Calendar on 05/26/2015

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State (Texas)
Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties. [SB-87]
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rodney Ellis Read First Time on 01/26/2015

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State (Texas)
Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses. [SB-1537]
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Konni Burton Read First Time on 03/23/2015

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State (Texas)
Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and advertising of nicotine products and cigarettes; authorizing a fee; creating offenses. [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

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/04/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/25/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/26/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

Public Schools - Smoking on the Grounds of School Property - Prohibition [SB-288]
Authorizing a county board of education to prohibit smoking a tobacco product at any time on the grounds of public school property; establishing penalties for violation of the Act; and defining "smoking".

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/13/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 02/11/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/20/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Wood Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/03/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

Health - Smoking - Public Playgrounds and Swimming Pools - Prohibition [HB-1335]
Prohibiting smoking on a public playground and in and around a specified swimming pool.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Regulations to Prohibit Smoking PG/MC 112-14 [HB-1334]
Requiring the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to adopt regulations on or before June 30, 2015, to prohibit on property under its jurisdiction the smoking of specified tobacco products; and providing for specified exemptions and exclusions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2014

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

Clean Indoor Air Act - Use of Electronic Smoking Devices - Prohibition [HB-1291]
Altering the definition of "smoking" for purposes of the Clean Indoor Air Act to include the use of an electronic smoking device; defining "electronic smoking device" to include an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo or pipe; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014

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