Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: regulating the use of vapor products.
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits the use of vapor products in the indoor locations and the
outdoor premises of a child care center when children who are receiving child care
services are present. The bill also prohibits the use of vapor products in the indoor
locations and outdoor premises of a public or private elementary or secondary school
and in the indoor locations of a hospital. The bill defines a vapor product to be a
noncombustible product that contains a cartridge or container of nicotine or
flavoring and that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or
other means to produce vapor. The definition includes such products as electronic
cigarettes and electronic cigars.
The bill also provides, with an exception, that a city, village, town, or county
may not enact an ordinance that regulates the use of vapor products unless the
ordinance or policy strictly conforms to the prohibitions established in the bill. The
bill specifies that a city, village, town, or county may restrict or prohibit the use of
vapor products in the enclosed places of buildings in which it conducts the business
of the city, village, town, or county.
The bill also provides that the prohibitions in the bill do not prevent a person,
or his or her agent, from restricting, prohibiting, or allowing the use of vapor
products in the enclosed places, or anywhere on the premises, of a place of business
owned or operated by that person, except in those places in which the use of vapor
products is specifically prohibited under the bill.
Sponsors
Full history
- Apr 20, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Nass and Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Bernier, Brandtjen, Craig, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Knodl, Kremer, Murphy, Mursau, R. Brooks, Steffen, Swearingen and Weatherston
- Apr 20, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1