You have voted SB-1136: Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties..
You have voted HB-2453: Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties..
HB-2032: 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. Nicole Collier
Considered In Public Hearing on 05/02/2013
You have voted HB-2032: 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..
HB-258: Smoking, in places of employment and public places, prohibited, State Board of Health to enforce, Alabama Smoke-free Air Act, Secs. 22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10, inclusive, repealed
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Shiver
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Health on 02/12/2013
You have voted HB-258: Smoking, in places of employment and public places, prohibited, State Board of Health to enforce, Alabama Smoke-free Air Act, Secs. 22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10, inclusive, repealed.
Tobacco-Free Schools Act [SB-625]
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 penalty to be paid to the Cigarette Restitution Fund; authorizing a waiver of the penalty in specified circumstances; etc.
SB-625: Tobacco-Free Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Montgomery
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 02/28/2012
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [SB-559]
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-559: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2012
Tobacco Tax - Healthy Maryland Initiative [SB-526]
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; etc.
SB-526: Tobacco Tax - Healthy Maryland Initiative
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act [SB-400]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified health- and fitness-related expenses; limiting the amount of expenses that specified taxpayers may subtract from federal adjusted gross income; requiring the Comptroller in cooperation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations and report to the General Assembly; applying the Act to tax years after 2012; etc.
SB-400: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing Cancelled on 03/07/2012
Education - Public School Construction Funding and Children's Indoor [HB-867]
Authorizing a specified alternative financing method for construction of a public school or a capital improvement; authorizing a county board of education to establish an independent nonprofit entity or enter into contracts with nonprofit entities for specified construction or capital improvement; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations concerning the health and safety of the occupants of a public school building during construction or capital improvement; altering definitions; etc.
HB-867: Education - Public School Construction Funding and Children's Indoor
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child [HB-621]
Prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle from smoking a tobacco product or allowing a passenger to smoke in the motor vehicle if another person less than 8 years of age is a passenger; 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-621: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/6 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
Tobacco-Free Schools Act [HB-308]
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 penalty to be paid to the Cigarette Restitution Fund; authorizing a waiver of the penalty in specified circumstances; etc.
HB-308: Tobacco-Free Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2012
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health [HB-1277]
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 specified savings through participation in programs by State employees and their dependents; establishing the dates on which the pilot project begins and ends; requiring that participation in the wellness pilot project be voluntary; etc.
HB-1277: State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/02/2012
Public Health - Electronic Cigarettes - Distribution to Minors Prohibited [HB-1272]
Prohibiting a person from selling, distributing, or offering for sale to a minor electronic devices that can be used to deliver nicotine to the individual inhaling from the device, including electronic cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, or pipes; specifying an exception to the prohibition; providing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor subject to a specified fine; establishing a defense for a violation of the Act; etc.
HB-1272: Public Health - Electronic Cigarettes - Distribution to Minors Prohibited
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Public Health Nuisance - Tobacco Smoke in Multidwelling Units - Abatement and [HB-1224]
Amending the definition of "nuisance" to include tobacco smoke that drifts from specified units into other residential units in a multidwelling property over a specified period of time as it relates to authorizing specified entities or individuals to bring an action in a circuit court for relief from the nuisance; prohibiting a specified community association from bringing an action under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-1224: Public Health Nuisance - Tobacco Smoke in Multidwelling Units - Abatement and
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing Cancelled on 02/16/2012
Tobacco Tax - Healthy Maryland Initiative [HB-1153]
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; etc.
You have voted HB-1138: Declare that any person who maintains or provides roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments are cigarette manufacturers..
HB-383: Smoking, in places of employment and public places, prohibited, State Board of Health to enforce, Alabama Smoke-free Air Act, Secs. 22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10, inclusive, repealed
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary McClurkin
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Health on 02/21/2012
You have voted HB-383: Smoking, in places of employment and public places, prohibited, State Board of Health to enforce, Alabama Smoke-free Air Act, Secs. 22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10, inclusive, repealed.