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Senate sends Smokefree Restaurants Act to interim study, seeks enforcement funding
Summary
Sponsor Senator Hilliard moved to send SB88 to interim study, citing health concerns about secondhand smoke and asking appropriations support for enforcement funding; the Senate agreed to study the bill and to seek $90,000 for local enforcement.
Senate Bill 88, the Smokefree Restaurants Act, was during the floor session sent to interim study rather than taken to immediate final passage. Sponsor Senator Lyle Hilliard framed the bill as a public-health measure to better protect employees and patrons from secondhand smoke, citing testimony from health professionals and arguing that existing law (1976) has not been enforced…
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