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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6213

SB 6213: Smoking exemption/religious

Providing a religious exemption to the clean indoor air act.

Summary

  • The Clean Indoor Act definition of a public place and place of employment is amended to exclude the specific location where religious ceremonies are conducted when smoking is part of the ritual. Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill: Under the original bill, a building or part of a building that would otherwise ban smoking would permit smoking where smoking is part of a religious ritual.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2006
  2. Out of committeeFeb 3, 2006
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Debbie Regala (D-27)
Introduced
January 9, 2006 in the Senate
Last action
February 24, 2006
Companion bill
HB 2652
Versions
SB 6213, SSB 6213

AN ACT Relating to amending Initiative 901 to allow smoking in buildings conducting religious ceremonies where smoking is part of the ritual;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Debbie Regala (D-27)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Rosa Franklin D-29Adam Kline D-37Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6213)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6213)
  4. LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6213)
  5. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  6. LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
  8. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 6213 in other sessions

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