Maryland House Bill 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-04-09 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from selling or importing, offering, or manufacturing for sale a cedar hope chest that has a design identified by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as presenting a risk of suffocation death to children who could become entrapped in the chest and has a lid latch that locks automatically and cannot be unlocked from the inside; providing a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation of the Act and up to $2,500 for a subsequent violation; etc.

Cedar Hope Chests - Prohibition on Manufacture, Import, and Sale (McKenna's Law)

Del. Anthony O'Donnell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-09	House	Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
2016-01-26	House	Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-22	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-01-26	House	Hearing 1/26 at 12:00 p.m.
2016-01-20	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-01-26	House	Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-13	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations
2015-07-20	House	Pre-filed

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0002?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0002f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0002.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0002_hgo.pdf