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Registered lobbyist

Laura Hale

American Heart Association · 336-480-4829 · on file 2022 to 2026
Clients on file
1
1 in Nov 2025 - Oct 2026
Reported compensation
$314,500
all years on file
Bills testified on
112
97 for · 20 against · 4 info
Got their outcome
50%
56 of 112 decided bills

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Testimony on record

2026 Regular Session20 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 276
State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 704
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 766
Retail Tobacco Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 837
Education - Student Athletic Activities - Cardiovascular Prescreening
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 918
Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1048
Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Sodium and Added Sugars Warning Icons and Disclosure and Notice
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1133
Public Health - Drug Manufacturer-Funded Disease Awareness Campaigns - Registration and Required Disclosure
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1264
Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Tobacco Cessation
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1331
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services - Public Benefits - Eligibility and Prohibitions
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 24
State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 249
Tobacco Product Licensees - Additional Licensure for Electronic Smoking Devices
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 249
Tobacco Product Licensees - Additional Licensure for Electronic Smoking Devices
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 279
Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 586
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 593
Education - Student Athletic Activities - Physical Examinations and Cardiovascular Prescreening
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 623
Tobacconist Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationPassed both chambers
SB 623
Tobacconist Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationPassed both chambers
SB 798
Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Tobacco Cessation
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 866
Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Disclosure and Notice to Customers of Sodium and Added Sugars
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationPassed both chambers
SB 866
Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Disclosure and Notice to Customers of Sodium and Added Sugars
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationPassed both chambers
2025 Regular Session26 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 56
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationVetoed
HB 102
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Revisions
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 104
Maryland Farms and Families Fund – Purpose and Use – Alterations
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 277
Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 593
Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 628
Highways - Sidewalks and Bicycle Pathways - Construction and Reconstruction
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationVetoed
HB 870
Tobacco Product Manufacturers - Escrow Act - Alterations
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 974
Health Insurance - Preventive Services - High Deductible Health Plans and Enforcement Authority
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 974
Health Insurance - Preventive Services - High Deductible Health Plans and Enforcement Authority
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 1241
Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1254
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1318
Alcoholic Beverages - Premium Cigar Lounge License - Establishment (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2025)
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1469
Taxes - Sugary Beverage Distributor Tax (For Our Kids Act)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 5
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program – Sunset Repeal
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 94
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Health Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 96
Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 129
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 177
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationVetoed
SB 225
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Application Year and Participation of Self–Employed Individuals
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 226
Maryland Farms and Families Fund - Purpose and Use - Alterations
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 324
Admissions and Amusement Tax - Food and Beverages
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 355
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Delay of Implementation
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 369
Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 769
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program – Establishment
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 842
Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 842
Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
2024 Regular Session24 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 238
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 374
Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Cigar Lounge License PG 303-24
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 567
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 567
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 696
Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 812
Tri–County Council for Southern Maryland – Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission – Funding
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 841
Environment - Plastic Bottle Waste Reduction - Water Bottle Filling Stations and Reporting
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1073
Tobacco Tax - Cigarettes - Rate Alteration
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1092
9-1-1 Trust Fund - Purposes - Training in Telecommunications Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 1180
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1219
Public and Nonpublic Middle and High Schools - Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 35
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 186
Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Cigar Lounge License
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 217
Health Insurance - Conformity With Federal Law
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 244
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 541
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 541
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 579
Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 579
Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 589
Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 649
9-1-1 Trust Fund - Purposes - Training in Telecommunications Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 1024
Public Middle and High Schools - Cardiac Emergency Response Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 1056
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 1056
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
2023 Regular Session9 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 111
Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 321
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Payments for Sale and Marketing of Electronic Smoking Devices - Use
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 556
Cannabis Reform
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 628
Primary and Secondary Education – Breakfast and Lunch Programs – Universal Expansion
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 26
Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 135
Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Ocean City Promoter's License
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 259
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 516
Cannabis Reform
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 557
Primary and Secondary Education – Breakfast and Lunch Programs – Universal Expansion
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
2022 Regular Session16 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 147
Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm–to–School Meal Grant Pilot Program – Alterations and Establishment
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationPassed both chambers
HB 179
Workgroup on Food Environments
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 442
Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Laws Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 456
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 477
Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices – Local Law Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationWithdrawn
HB 534
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 661
Health – Food Service Facilities – Beverage Options With Children’s Meals
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 857
Education - Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - School Lunch
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 989
Public School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act)
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1343
Major State Contractors - Donations to Advocacy Organizations - Disclosure
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 99
Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices – Local Law Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 210
Tax Credits - Employer-Provided Commuter Benefits - Expansion and Administration
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 244
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 249
Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Laws Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationWithdrawn
SB 263
Health - Food Service Facilities - Beverage Options With Children's Meals
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationWithdrawn
SB 971
Education – Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program – School Lunch
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
2021 Regular Session18 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 123
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
HB 134
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition
INFOPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 226
Baltimore City – Complete Streets Program Funding – Traffic and Vehicle Monitoring Systems
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 526
St. Mary’s County – Public and Nonpublic Schools – Prohibition on Possession of Tobacco Products by Minors
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 621
Prince George’s County – Elementary School Students – Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act) PG 504–21
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 634
Association Health Coverage Plans
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1011
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Law Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1296
Public School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act)
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 1324
Tobacco Tax and Sales and Use Tax - Out-of-State Sales of Premium Cigars and Pipe Tobacco and Tobacco Smoking Devices
INFOPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 3
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 172
Maryland Health Equity Resource Act
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
SB 177
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 273
Electronic Smoking Device Regulation Act of 2021
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 378
Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Laws Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 410
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Law Authorization
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 621
Association Health Coverage Plans
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 790
Unemployment Insurance – Reimbursing Employers – Deferral of Payment During a State of Emergency for COVID–19
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 883
Tobacco Tax and Sales and Use Tax - Out-of-State Sales of Premium Cigars and Pipe Tobacco and Tobacco Smoking Devices
INFOPDFAmerican Heart AssociationEnacted
2020 Regular Session8 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 516
Public School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act)
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
HB 732
Taxation – Tobacco Tax, Sales and Use Tax, and Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationVetoed
SB 3
Electronic Smoking Devices, Other Tobacco Products, and Cigarettes - Taxation and Regulation
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 233
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition
FAVPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 410
Electronic Smoking Devices - Flavor Prohibition
INFOPDFMD Tobacco Free CoalitionDid not advance
SB 508
St. Mary's County - Possession of Tobacco Product or Electronic Smoking Device by an Individual Under the Age of 21 Years - Prohibition
UNFPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 542
Public School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act)
FWAPDFAmerican Heart AssociationDid not advance
SB 937
Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Laws Authorization
FAVDid not advance