S2461

	2018 -- S 2461
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
	ACT

	Introduced By: Senators Metts, and Quezada
	Date Introduced: February 15, 2018
	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 23-20.10 of the General Laws entitled "Public Health and
2	Workplace Safety Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	23-20.10-6.2. Protection against exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke or
4	vapor.
5	(a) Any provisions of the general laws, public laws, or regulations promulgated by any
6	state agency or subdivision thereof, which provisions prohibits or protects a person from exposure
7	to second-hand smoke, shall be deemed to be a prohibition against or protection from exposure to
8	second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor, regardless of how the smoke or vapor is generated.
9	(b) As used herein: (1) The term "second-hand smoke or vapor" refers to smoke or vapor
10	that is exhaled by a smoker or vaper, or is given off by a tobacco or marijuana product or by a
11	device containing tobacco or marijuana, and which smoke or vapor is inhaled by persons in or
12	near the vicinity of the smoker or vaper.
13	(2) The term "vaper" means a smoker of electronic cigarettes.
14	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
	ACT
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1	This act would provide that any law or regulation which prohibits or protects a person
2	from exposure to second hand smoke would be deemed to also be a prohibition or protection from
3	exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor, regardless of how the smoke or vapor was
4	generated.
5	This act would take effect upon passage.
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