Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Clean Indoor Air Act; create.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/04 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services | |
| 2 | 02/01 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Fleming
Title: AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN ALL ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES AND ALL ENCLOSED FACILITIES WITHIN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN AREAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LICENSING OR REGULATORY AGENCIES SHALL ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON OR AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT DISCHARGE, REFUSE TO HIRE OR IN ANY MANNER RETALIATE AGAINST ANY EMPLOYEE, APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT OR CUSTOMER BECAUSE THAT PERSON EXERCISES ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO ADOPT ORDINANCES REGULATING OR PROHIBITING SMOKING WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY, AS LONG AS THE ORDINANCE IS AT LEAST AS RESTRICTIVE AS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS ADOPTED SUCH AN ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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