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House committee tables statewide smoking ban; may be dead for session
A House committee probably won't discuss the smoking ban issue again before the year's end.
March 18, 2009, 1:53 p.m. Updated March 18, 2009, 3:07 p.m.
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State Sen. David Wysong, R-Mission Hills, right, speaks to reporters after a House committee tabled his bill to implement a statewide ban on smoking in public, enclosed areas. The committee action may have killed the measure for the session.
Topeka — A bill to impose a statewide smoking ban appears to be on the sidelines for the rest of the 2009 Kansas legislative session.
The House Health and Human Services Committee took less than five minutes Wednesday to vote to table the issue until it receives more information. However, because Friday is the last day for committees to meet this year, it is unlikely the panel will take up the measure again.
The bill would ban smoking in most public places. It also prohibits smoking in bars, restaurants, workplaces and government buildings, and within 10 feet of any doorway, open window or air intake of any place where smoking is banned.
Senators passed the bill 26-13 earlier in the session.
Sen. David Wysong, a Mission Hills Republican, has been the bill’s chief sponsor. He said after the committee’s action that he was disappointed, but not surprised. Wysong said the momentum was building across the country and other nations to regulate smoking.
“This thing will get bigger and bigger. I’m proud of the Senate seeing it for what it is, a statewide health issue,” he said.
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18 March 2009
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Keith (Anonymous) says…
They had to take time out for a smoke break.
18 March 2009
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FenixKS (Anonymous) says…
cluck cluck I hear chickens
18 March 2009
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keebler1rk (Anonymous) says…
ban this, ban that, ban cell phones & handicap parking!
18 March 2009
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deskboy04 (Anonymous) says…
This is funny.