File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Cardin
- Entitled:
-
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Elimination and Waiver Act
Prohibiting a person from smoking tobacco products except under
specified circumstances; authorizing smoking in bars and restaurants
if the owner has an environmental tobacco smoke waiver; providing that
a separate waiver is required for each bar or restaurant, that a
waiver is not transferable, and that a waiver is effective for 1 year;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to determine the
number of waivers for sale in each county in collaboration with
appropriate county governments and to conduct specified auctions; etc.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/21
- Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
- Alcoholic Beverages Licenses
- Art, Music and Cultural Affairs -see also- Museums; Theaters
- Auctions
- Charles County
- Cigarettes -see also- Smoking
- Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Traders; etc
- Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
- Discrimination
- Fire Protection
- Frederick County
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
- Hotels and Motels
- Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, Department of
- Laws and Ordinances -see also- Pub Local Laws; Uniform Laws.
- Mass Transit -see also- Buses; Railroads
- Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth
- Municipal Corporations -see also- Annap; Balt; Hager; OC
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Notices
- Occcupational Safety
- Penalties
- Public Buildings and Facilities -see also- Stadiums; St Hse.
- Reports
- Rescue Squads -see also- Ambulances; Emergency Medical Serv.
- Restaurants
- Restitution
- Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
- Rules and Regulations
- Signs and Billboards
- Smoking -see also- Cigarettes
- St. Mary's County
- Theaters
- Tobacco
- Washington County
- Work, Labor and Employment -see also- Col Barg; Holiday; etc
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Business Regulation
- (
2-105 ,
2-105
)
- Article - 25 County Commissioners
- (
3 ,
236B
)
- Health - General
- (
24-205 ,
24-501 ,
24-501 ,
24-502 ,
24-502 ,
24-503 ,
24-503 ,
24-504 ,
24-504 ,
24-505 ,
24-505 ,
24-506 ,
24-507 ,
24-508 ,
24-509 ,
24-510
)
- Labor and Employment
- (
2-106 ,
2-106 ,
5-101 ,
5-314 ,
5-314 ,
5-608
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered