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2003 SESSION

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SB 1106 Sale of liquid mercury fever thermometers prohibited.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sale of liquid mercury fever thermometers prohibited. Requires a ban on the sale of liquid mercury fever thermometers in Virginia. Any person violating the prohibition against the sale of liquid mercury fever thermometers will be subject to the general penalties for violations of Title 32.1 statutes and Board of Health regulations, for example, Class 1 misdemeanor and fines of up to $10,000 per violation. A second enactment clause requires the Department of Health, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to provide information on the proper disposal of liquid mercury fever thermometers to local governments and other landfill operators for the purpose of informing the public about the proper disposal of liquid mercury fever thermometers.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 034798564  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 034798564
• 01/08/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/23/03  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 1-N)
• 01/24/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/03  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/28/03  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
• 01/28/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (37-Y 1-N)
• 01/28/03  Senate: Communicated to House
• 01/30/03  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/30/03  House: Read first time
• 01/30/03  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/11/03  House: Passed by indefinitely in H. W. I. (11-Y 10-N)