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MO SB201

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/23/2013

Primary Sponsor

Maria Chappelle-Nadal

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals and rewrites sections 191.765, 191.767, 191.769, 191.771, 191.775, and 191.776 of Missouri Revised Statutes relating to the Missouri Indoor Clean Air Act
  • Prohibits smoking in public places, public meetings, and within 15 feet of any entrance to a public place or public meeting, eliminating previous allowances for designated smoking areas
  • Removes exemptions for bars, taverns, restaurants with fewer than 50 seats, bowling alleys, and billiard parlors that previously could prohibit nonsmoking areas
  • Removes exemptions for large indoor arenas and stadiums with seating capacity over 15,000 persons
  • Expands tobacco use prohibitions in child care facilities to apply at all times, removing the previous limitation to only when children are present
  • Clarifies that institution of higher education smoking policies remain subject to school board discretion

Legislative Description

Enacts a state-wide smoking ban

Last Action

Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

1/31/2013

Committee Referrals

Veterans' Affairs and Health1/31/2013

Full Bill Text

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