The proposed state wide smoking ban has been added as amendment to 1811( Reduction of expenditures by State Agencies) under the guise that it will reduce Medicaid costs by $10 million paid from any revenue source or $4 million by general revenue fund by August 21,2013. The bill-1811-will be passed with the smoking amendment. We need to be watchful about any future ecig interpretation concerning this Act.
Texas state wide smoking ban
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What are they proposing? Something draconian, like NYC?
Any links to details of the Amendment?
Any links to details of the Amendment?
yes, i'd like a link to more information regarding this.
Thank you for posting though.
Thank you for posting though.
It is out of conference committee and the next step is the Governors" signature.
It is your run of the mill ban with amendments excluding fraternal and military groups(Elks Clubs,VFW clubs etc) and pool halls.I am not sure if the exclusions made it out of the conference committee. I dislike the manner in which it was pushed through--attachment to a finance Act that had to be passed. Crownover added it as an amendment to SB1811 to insure its" passage. You can go to Texas Legislature Online and read the original smoking ban bill in its entirety--HB670 or SB355
The access to the website is Texas Legislature Online I am sorry I did not include that in the previous information.
Texas smoking ban snuffed out of spending bill
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press
May 26, 2011, 4:57PM
AUSTIN, Texas — A proposal to ban smoking in most Texas bars and restaurants was snuffed out Thursday by state lawmakers.
House lawmakers had tucked the ban into a spending and school finance bill, but Senate negotiators wanted it out and it was declared a dead.
Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, who opposed the ban, said Thursday that the majority of the Senate negotiating team didn't want the ban, making it an easy choice to strip it from the bill.
Attaching the ban to a critical school finance bill also made it an easy target to be killed on a parliamentary maneuver by opponents of the spending plan, Deuell said. The smoking measure could have been found to violate legislative rules against bills that deal with more than one subject.
Read more: Texas smoking ban snuffed out of spending bill | AP Texas Politics | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press
May 26, 2011, 4:57PM
AUSTIN, Texas — A proposal to ban smoking in most Texas bars and restaurants was snuffed out Thursday by state lawmakers.
House lawmakers had tucked the ban into a spending and school finance bill, but Senate negotiators wanted it out and it was declared a dead.
Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, who opposed the ban, said Thursday that the majority of the Senate negotiating team didn't want the ban, making it an easy choice to strip it from the bill.
Attaching the ban to a critical school finance bill also made it an easy target to be killed on a parliamentary maneuver by opponents of the spending plan, Deuell said. The smoking measure could have been found to violate legislative rules against bills that deal with more than one subject.
Read more: Texas smoking ban snuffed out of spending bill | AP Texas Politics | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Many states (all?) has straggle with the local budgets and for some reason fighting smoking? How are they going to substitute tobacco tax (about 2$ per pack) dollars? With "drugs/pot" tax?
And why is that the government even cares about health issues (go check food,water and air quality first) ? We don't have universal health care so each individual is dying how he/she wants. I agree with the smoking restriction in public places but not to the ban.
And why is that the government even cares about health issues (go check food,water and air quality first) ? We don't have universal health care so each individual is dying how he/she wants. I agree with the smoking restriction in public places but not to the ban.
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Thank you! One of the smoking ban bills" sponsors" office told me on Friday that the smoking bill would still pass as an amendment on 1811! This is really funny--they never give up.
The proposed smoking ban in Texas is being revisited in the Texas Legislature Special Session. It will depend on the Senates" decision to agree to revisit the Ban Bill.
The Texas Legislature has completed the special session and the time ran out on the smoking ban bill. We got lucky this time.It will be revived 2 years from now. That gives Texas vapors 2 years to educate their state Senators and reps about ecigs.
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