Mississippi Senate Bill 2078 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Smoke-free Air Act Of 2013"; To Prohibit Smoking In Public Places And In Places Of Employment; To Provide Definitions; To Prohibit Smoking In Private Clubs And Certain Residential Facilities; To Provide Minimum Requirements And Rights Of Persons In Control; To Authorize The Mississippi 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 29-5-160, 29-5-161 And 29-5-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Mississippi Clean Indoor Air Act; And For Related Purposes.

"Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2013"; enact.

Sen. Willie Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-01-14	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2078.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2078IN.htm