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AR HB2099
Bill
Status
Failed
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Fred Allen
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AI Summary
- Amends Arkansas Code § 20-27-1903 to expand the smoking prohibition in motor vehicles to include all children sixteen (16) years of age or less as passengers
- Removes the previous requirement that children must be restrained in a child passenger safety seat and the weight restriction of sixty pounds to be protected from secondhand smoke
- Changes the effective date from July 21, 2006 to "on and after the effective date of this act"
- Applies the smoking prohibition to any motor vehicle where a child sixteen or younger is present as a passenger
Legislative Description
An Act To Protect Children In Arkansas From Secondhand Smoke.
Last Action
House Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
4/27/2011
Full Bill Text
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