Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 184
Smoke Free Air Act of 2009; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI SMOKE-FREE AIR ACT OF 2009; TO EXPRESS CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE AND OTHER RISKS OF SMOKING; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN ALL ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES IN THE STATE, IN ALL ENCLOSED FACILITIES WITHIN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, IN CERTAIN ENCLOSED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, AND IN CERTAIN OUTDOOR PLACES; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROHIBITIONS ON SMOKING IN THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT "NO SMOKING" SIGNS SHALL BE POSTED IN EVERY PLACE WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHO EXERCISE ANY RIGHTS AFFORDED BY THIS ACT; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS AS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL BE ENFORCED BY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, CITY MANAGERS OR ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS; TO AUTHORIZE PRIVATE CITIZENS TO BRING LEGAL ACTIONS TO ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO ALLOW POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO ADOPT LOCAL ORDINANCES RELATING TO SMOKING THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 29-5-160 THROUGH 29-5-163, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE MISSISSIPPI CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT, AND SECTIONS 97-32-25 THROUGH 97-32-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE MISSISSIPPI ADULT TOBACCO USE ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 6 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 6 – Feb 3
- Jan 6Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 6Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives