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2019 SESSION
SB 1304 Smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty. Authorizes any locality, by ordinance, to designate reasonable no-smoking areas within an outdoor amphitheater or concert venue owned by the locality. The bill requires such ordinance to (i) require adequate signage designating such areas, (ii) provide that a violation of such ordinance is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25 to be paid into the treasury of the locality where the offense occurred and expended solely for public health purposes, and (iii) provide that any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons regarding a violation of the ordinance.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102387D pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1304ER) pdf
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102387D
- 01/07/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/15/19 Senate: Reported from Local Government (10-Y 3-N)
- 01/17/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/19 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/21/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- 01/24/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/24/19 House: Read first time
- 01/24/19 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/04/19 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/12/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 House: Read second time
- 02/19/19 House: Read third time
- 02/19/19 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/19/19 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1304ER)
- 02/22/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)