2020 -- H 7268 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Alzate, Mendez, and Bennett | |
Date Introduced: January 23, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
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 | 23-20.10-17. Protection against exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke. |
4 | (a) Any provisions of the general laws, public laws, or regulations promulgated by any |
5 | state agency or subdivision thereof, which provisions prohibit smoking or which protects a person |
6 | from exposure to second-hand smoke, shall be deemed to be a prohibition against smoking |
7 | tobacco or marijuana, or as protection from exposure to second-hand tobacco or marijuana |
8 | smoke, regardless of how the smoke is generated. |
9 | (b) As used herein: |
10 | (1) The term "second-hand smoke" refers to smoke that is exhaled by a smoker, or is |
11 | given off by burning tobacco or marijuana product or by a device containing tobacco or |
12 | marijuana, and which smoke is inhaled by persons in or near the vicinity of the smoker. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY | |
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1 | This act would provide that any law or regulation which protects a person from exposure |
2 | to second hand smoke would also provide protection from exposure to second-hand marijuana |
3 | smoke, regardless of how the smoke was generated. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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