KY SB189 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-19 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Pending: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-19 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Pending: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit indoor smoking in businesses, places of employment, and other listed public places; exempt private residences, unless used for child care or adult day care; permit smoking in designated nonenclosed areas; require posting of "no smoking" signs at specified locations; permit local governments to adopt stricter regulations by ordinance; provide for enforcement by all peace officers and designated health department and local government employees; provide for the issuance of uniform citations for violations; require that employers and others not discriminate against persons reporting violations; provide for fines for violation; provide that fines go to the agency whose employee issued the citation; provide that no court costs or other fees be charged for violations; exempt certain research and manufacturing laboratories and agricultural buildings; amend KRS 344.040, relating to unlawful practices by an employer, to add reference to state law, local ordinance, or local board of health regulation relating to smoking; amend KRS 431.450, relating to uniform citations, to provide for issuing citation forms to health departments; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to create and issue uniform smoking violation citations; repeal various statutes permitting smoking in public buildings; provide that Sections 1 to 6 may be referred to as the Smokefree Kentucky Act.
Title
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-19 | Senate | to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) |
2015-02-13 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/SB189.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/SB189/bill.doc |