Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Cigarette Restitution Fund - Report [HB-1070]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report to the General Assembly, on or before November 1, 2014, on funding necessary for Cigarette Restitution Fund-eligible programs to implement the actions recommended in a specified report.
HB-1070: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Cigarette Restitution Fund - Report
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/04/2014
Public Safety - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Smoke Alarms [SB-969]
[Public Safety ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Repealing and recodifying provisions of law dealing with smoke detection systems; clarifying that the installation of smoke alarms is required in specified areas of specified buildings; providing that the Act is applicable statewide; authorizing a local jurisdiction to adopt regulations; requiring a minimum number of smoke alarms be installed in specified areas; requiring a smoke alarm to activate other smoke alarms in specified circumstances; authorizing a landlord to require reimbursement from a tenant for the cost of a smoke alarm; etc.
SB-969: Public Safety - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Smoke Alarms
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 594 on 05/16/2013
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act of 2013 [SB-843]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a wellness pilot project in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the wellness pilot project to achieve savings through participation in qualified programs by State employees and their dependents; establishing the dates on which the wellness pilot project begins and ends; requiring participation in the wellness pilot project to be voluntary; etc.
SB-843: State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program [SB-708]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program and Fund; specifying the purposes of 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 2015; etc.
SB-708: Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Economic Matters And Health And Government Operations on 03/26/2013
Tobacco Taxes - Healthy Maryland Initiative [SB-700]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing the tobacco tax rate on cigarettes and other tobacco products; providing that the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program shall receive funding from the Other Tobacco Products Tax Fund under specified circumstances; requiring money from the Fund to be used to supplement appropriations to the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program to reach a specified level of funding; providing for a supplementary appropriation to the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program in fiscal year 2014; etc.
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [SB-30]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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; etc.
SB-30: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2013
Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program [HB-948]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Science ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program and Fund; specifying the purposes of the Program and the Fund; requiring the Maryland Biotechnology Center in the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the Fund; establishing specified criteria and award amounts for grants awarded under the Program; requiring recipients of Program funds to pay a specified royalty; etc.
HB-948: Tobacco-Related Disease Products Research, Development, and Commercialization Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2013
Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Prohibition [HB-759]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner resulting in the unsafe operation of the motor vehicle when the inattention is caused by the driver engaging in specified preoccupying activities; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for the purpose of assessing points; authorizing a police officer to enforce the Act only as a secondary offense; etc.
Tobacco-Free Schools Act [HB-684]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting the use of tobacco products in school buildings, on school grounds, and inside school buses; prohibiting the use of tobacco products by specified persons at specified school-sponsored events; providing a penalty for a violation; and requiring the State Department of Education to adopt regulations.
HB-684: Tobacco-Free Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
Tobacco Taxes - Healthy Maryland Initiative [HB-683]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing the tobacco tax rate on cigarettes and other tobacco products; providing that the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program shall receive funding from the Other Tobacco Products Tax Fund under specified circumstances; requiring money from the Fund to be used to supplement appropriations to the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program to reach a specified level of funding; providing for a supplementary appropriation to the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program in fiscal year 2014; etc.
Montgomery County - Nuisances in Multidwelling Buildings - Private Right of Action MC 10-13 [HB-676]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that an individual who resides in Montgomery County and has been harmed by a specified type of nuisance may bring an action to abate the nuisance or for other compensatory or equitable relief against the person found to have created the nuisance; and altering the definition of "nuisance", in Montgomery County only, to include tobacco smoke that drifts from specified units into a specified residential dwelling unit in a multidwelling building more than once in a consecutive 14-day period.
HB-676: Montgomery County - Nuisances in Multidwelling Buildings - Private Right of Action MC 10-13
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2013
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [HB-528]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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; etc.
HB-528: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2013
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act of 2013 [HB-185]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a wellness pilot project in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the wellness pilot project to achieve savings through participation in qualified programs by State employees and their dependents; establishing the dates on which the wellness pilot project begins and ends; requiring participation in the wellness pilot project to be voluntary; etc.
HB-185: State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/04/2013
Criminal Law - Marijuana - Regulation, Penalties, and Taxation [HB-1453]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Taxes ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing specified criminal violations for the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana in specified circumstances; providing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, wholesalers, and safety compliance facilities in specified circumstances; establishing a specified affirmative defense; establishing a fine for a specified civil violation; etc.
HB-1453: Criminal Law - Marijuana - Regulation, Penalties, and Taxation
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
Public Safety - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Smoke Alarms [HB-1413]
[Public Safety ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing and recodifying provisions of law dealing with fire protection and prevention; clarifying that the installation of smoke alarms is required in specified areas of specified buildings; providing that the Act is applicable statewide; authorizing a local jurisdiction to adopt regulations; requiring a minimum number of smoke alarms to be installed in specified areas; requiring a smoke alarm to activate other smoke alarms in specified circumstances; authorizing a landlord to require specified reimbursement from a tenant; etc.
HB-1413: Public Safety - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Smoke Alarms
Sponsored by: Rep. James Malone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 595 on 05/16/2013
SB-954: Relating to the authority of the board of hospital managers of the Tarrant County Hospital District to adopt and implement a tobacco-related preventable disease policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Yvonne Davis
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/10/2013
You have voted SB-954: Relating to the authority of the board of hospital managers of the Tarrant County Hospital District to adopt and implement a tobacco-related preventable disease policy..