HOUSE BILL 785

Sponsored By:

Delegates Malone, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, Frush, Gilchrist, Glassman, Haddaway, Harrison, Haynes, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, James, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Kramer, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton, Love, Manno, Mathias, McConkey, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, Rudolph, Sossi, Stull, Taylor, Vaughn, Weir, Weldon, Davis, Feldman, Jameson, and McHale

Entitled:

Cigarette Fire Safety Performance Standard and Firefighter Protection Act

Synopsis:

Prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of cigarettes in the State unless the cigarettes have been tested in a specified manner and meet a performance standard and the manufacturer has filed a specified certification with the Comptroller; establishing a performance standard for cigarettes; requiring that testing of cigarettes be conducted in a specified manner; requiring laboratories that conduct testing to implement a specified quality control and quality assurance program; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

2/9

First Reading Economic Matters

2/21

Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.

3/13

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters

3/14

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/15 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted

3/15

Special Order 3/16 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted

3/16

Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/17

Third Reading Passed (136-1)

3/30

Returned Passed

Senate Action

3/21

First Reading Finance

3/22

Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.

4/2

Favorable Report by Finance

3/30

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

3/31

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/17

Approved by the Governor

- Chapter 497

Sponsored by:

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25

Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate William J. Frank, District 42

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5

Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19

Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Roger Manno, District 19

Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Attorney General

Cigarettes -see also- Smoking

Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims

Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Traders; etc

Comptroller

Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices

Federal Government

Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates

Fire Protection

Inspections -see also- Motor Vehicle Inspection

Interstate Affairs

Labeling

Laboratories

Law Enforcement -see also- State Police, Department of

Laws and Ordinances -see also- Pub Local Laws; Uniform Laws.

Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers' Licenses

Penalties

Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records

Rescue Squads -see also- Ambulances; Emergency Medical Serv.

Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax

Rules and Regulations

Safety -see also- Occupational Safety

Search and Seizure

Vending Machines

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Business Regulation

( 16-601 , 16-602 , 16-603 , 16-604 , 16-605 , 16-606 , 16-607 , 16-608 , 16-609 , 16-610 )

Public Safety

( 8-102 , 8-102 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):

House

Number: 463796/01     Offered on: March 14, 2007   at: 10:19 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 923822/01     Offered on: March 16, 2007   at: 11:48 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 17, 2007: Third Reading Passed (136-1)

Senate

March 31, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)