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OK HB1488
Bill
Status
2/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Mike Ritze
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AI Summary
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Amends 40 O.S. 2011, Section 500 to prohibit employers from discharging employees or disadvantaging them regarding compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment based on smoking or tobacco use during nonworking hours.
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Prohibits employers from requiring employees or job applicants to abstain from smoking or using tobacco products during nonworking hours as a condition of employment.
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Provides exception for hospitals as defined by Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which are exempt from these prohibitions.
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Effective date: November 1, 2013.
Legislative Description
Labor; employment conditional on nonsmoking; providing exception; effective date.
Health and Mental Health
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Economic Development and Financial Services
2/5/2013