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MO HB1277
Bill
Status
1/6/2010
Primary Sponsor
Don Wells
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AI Summary
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Repeals section 191.775, RSMo and enacts a new version prohibiting smoking and tobacco use on all public elementary and secondary school property, including buildings, facilities, structures, and grounds owned, leased, or controlled by school districts.
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Expands the tobacco prohibition to include all school property and outdoor facility areas, removing the previous exception that allowed school boards to set policies permitting tobacco use in non-classroom facilities and outdoor areas.
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Maintains the prohibition on tobacco use in indoor areas of school buildings, educational facilities, and on buses used to transport students to or from school or educational purposes.
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Defines "school property" as any building, facility, structure, or real estate owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a public school district.
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Establishes violation of this section as an infraction.
Legislative Description
Repeals a school district's authority to set policies allowing the use of tobacco products in certain school areas and prohibits smoking and the use of tobacco products on all school property and school buses
Last Action
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
5/14/2010