Smoking

State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties. [SB-86]
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Rodriguez Co-author Authorized on 02/25/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties. [SB-1136]
Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 04/29/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties. [HB-400]
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Read First Time on 03/19/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties. [HB-2453]
Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Zerwas Read First Time on 03/12/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

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-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

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State (Alabama)
Alabama Regular Session 2013

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prohibited, State Board of Health to enforce, Alabama Smoke-free Air Act, Secs. 22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10, inclusive, repealed [HB-258]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

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Montgomery Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 02/28/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno Hearing 3/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh Hearing Cancelled on 03/07/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/05/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey Hearing 3/6 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke Hearing 2/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/02/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson Hearing Cancelled on 02/16/2012

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2012 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/15/2012

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2012 Regular Session

Revise the permissible uses of the cigarette fire safety standard act fund. [SB-50]
Revise the permissible uses of the cigarette fire safety standard act fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Signed By Governor S.j. 552 on 02/24/2012

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2012 Regular Session

Declare that any person who maintains or provides roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments are cigarette manufacturers. [HB-1138]
Declare that any person who maintains or provides roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments are cigarette manufacturers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Bolin Signed By Governor H.j. 734 on 03/19/2012

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State (Alabama)
Alabama Regular Session 2012

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 [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

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