Business Regulation - Cigarette, Other Tobacco Product, and Electronic Smoking Device Retailers - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products (Making Quitting Convenient Act)
Sponsor: Dawn Gile (District 33)Committee: FinanceSubject: Business RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail to keep in stock and offer for sale at retail at least one kind of nicotine replacement therapy product and to post certain signs.
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Testimony (12)
MGA witness listFAV 7FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Sauer, Kim | Office of Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (District 8) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Whitt, Daniel | VA Maryland Health Care System | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Renaud | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Fink, Nelda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Gile, Senator | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Gile, Senator Gilelegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Price, Sarahlobbyist | Maryland Retailers Alliance | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McCauley, Kirk | WMDA - service station, convenience stores and repair facilities | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | O'Halloran, Mike | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | Fiastro, Johnlobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Lykins, Deana | Individual | Oral |
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AllianceRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association
FWAFiastro, JohnRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; Bayview Management LLC; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & DC; Building Decarbonization Coalition; Carbon Solutions Group; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.…