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Last week, the Indiana Senate amended and then approved legislation to ban smoking in most workplaces.
Indiana Senate guts smoking ban bill | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
The amendment exempted some additional facilities from the proposed ban.
This week a House-Senate conference committee will begin negotiating a compromise between House approved bill and the Senate approved bill. If they can agree to a compromise on the legislation (referrred to as a conference committee report), the House and Senate are likely to vote in support of the compromise, and it would then go to the Governor for him to sign or veto.
Yesterday, the Indy Star wrote an editorial urging the legislature to enact the legislation
The science tells truth of smoke's dangers | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
If/when that occurs, there is likely to be few if any local smoking bans in the near future in local jurisdictions throughout Indiana. But since the state legislation contains lots of exemptions, I suspect that another bill will be introduced in Indiananopolis/Marion County in the future that would again seek to ban smoking in all bars and to also ban e-cigarette use in all workplaces.
Indiana Senate guts smoking ban bill | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
The amendment exempted some additional facilities from the proposed ban.
This week a House-Senate conference committee will begin negotiating a compromise between House approved bill and the Senate approved bill. If they can agree to a compromise on the legislation (referrred to as a conference committee report), the House and Senate are likely to vote in support of the compromise, and it would then go to the Governor for him to sign or veto.
Yesterday, the Indy Star wrote an editorial urging the legislature to enact the legislation
The science tells truth of smoke's dangers | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
If/when that occurs, there is likely to be few if any local smoking bans in the near future in local jurisdictions throughout Indiana. But since the state legislation contains lots of exemptions, I suspect that another bill will be introduced in Indiananopolis/Marion County in the future that would again seek to ban smoking in all bars and to also ban e-cigarette use in all workplaces.
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