HB 0116 Relating to the Department of Corrections
Sponsor:HOSMER Handling House Bill:
Committee:CICS LR Number:L0152.01I
Last Action:01/12/95 - Referred H Correctional and State Institutions Committee
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HB0116 Hosmer, Craig

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HB 116 -- Smoking in Correctional Facilities

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to select one of its facilities to be smoke free. Before the ban begins the department will institute a smoking cessation program, approved by the Department of Health, in the facility chosen. The department is required to conduct a study of the effects and determine the feasibility of implementing the prohibition in all correctional facilities.

The bill also prohibits smoking in all correctional facilities within 3 years of the effective date of this bill.

Anyone in violation of this act is guilty of an infraction.