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SB 84: Tobacco-free Prisons Act

GENERAL BILL by Burt

Tobacco-free Prisons Act; creates said act; requires DOC & Correctional Privatization Commission to make smoking-cessation assistance available to inmates; prohibits inmate within state or private correctional facility from possessing or using tobacco products regardless of inmate's location; authorizes employees to possess & use tobacco products outdoors within facility perimeter, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/10/1997 Senate • Prefiled
9/29/1997 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Ways and Means
3/3/1998 Senate • Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Ways and Means -SJ 00012
4/2/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/07/98, 10:00 am, Room-A(LL-37)
4/7/1998 Senate • Comm. Action: Favorable by Criminal Justice -SJ 00407; Now in Ways and Means -SJ 00407
4/13/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 00433; Placed on Calendar
5/1/1998 Senate • Died on Calendar