Mississippi Senate Bill 2514 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Uniform Smoke-free Public Place Act Of 2011"; To Prohibit Smoking In Public Places; To Provide For Definitions; To Prohibit Smoking In Certain Public Places And Areas; To Prohibit Smoking In Any Indoor Or Outdoor Public Facility In Mississippi During Any Time That Persons Under 18 Years Of Age Are Engaged In An Organized Athletic Event In The Facility; To Provide For Exceptions; To Provide For Posting Of Signs And Removal Of Ashtrays; To Provide For An Informational Program; To Provide For Enforcement By The State Department Of Health; To Provide That Violations Of Smoking Prohibition Are Punishable By Civil Penalty; To Provide That This Prohibition Supercedes Local Ordinances; To Amend Sections 29-5-160, 29-5-161 And 29-5-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That All Enforcement And Penalty Provisions Of This Act Shall Be Applicable To The Statutes Prohibiting Smoking In Government Buildings, To Provide That Prohibitions On Smoking In Government Buildings Are Applicable To Government-owned Vehicles And To Provide That Prohibitions On Smoking In University Or College Buildings Are Applicable To Private Universities And Colleges; To Amend Section 97-32-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Smoking In All Private School Buildings And Facilities; And For Related Purposes.

Smoking in all public places; prohibit.

Sen. Briggs Hopson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-13		Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/SB/SB2514.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2514IN.htm