l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 656

Smoking in public and places of employment; create statewide referendum on prohibition of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY DESIGNATION; TO PROVIDE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS IN CONTROL; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENFORCE SMOKING PROHIBITIONS; TO PRESCRIBE EXEMPTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT; TO PRESCRIBE FINES AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RELATIVE TO THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 29-5-161 AND 29-5-163, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE MISSISSIPPI CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT IN MISSISSIPPI AND TO CONDITION THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ACT ON THE RESULTS OF THAT REFERENDUM; 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

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives