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BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5016: Smoking in motor vehicle

Prohibiting smoking in vehicles containing children.

Summary

  • It is a traffic infraction for a person to smoke in a car with a person that is under the age of 18 years. Law enforcement may only enforce this law as a secondary infraction, which means that the driver must first be suspected of a violation of another rule of the road or local ordinance.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5016), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 10, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Scott White (D-46)
Introduced
January 10, 2011 in the Senate
Last action
April 11, 2012

AN ACT Relating to operating a motor vehicle while smoking;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Scott White (D-46)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Paull Shin D-21Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Margarita Prentice D-11

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. Minority; do not pass.
  7. And refer to Health & Long-Term Care.
  8. TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.
  9. Referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
  10. First reading, referred to Transportation.
  11. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5016 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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