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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 159

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Relating to: policies regulating the use of electronic smoking devices on school district property.

Cigarette Public instruction, department of School — Board School — Building

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to develop a model

policy regulating the use of electronic smoking devices on school district property

(model electronic smoking policy). The bill also requires each school board to adopt

an electronic smoking policy, which may be the same as the model electronic smoking

policy developed by DPI. Under the bill, an “electronic smoking device" is defined as

an electronic device containing or delivering nicotine, or any other substance, that

an individual uses to simulate smoking by inhaling vapor or aerosol from the device.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wachs (D)

5 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , C. Larson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 1

Passed 14–1 Dec 7, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Pope, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Anderson, Sargent, Berceau, Vruwink, Crowley, Subeck, Billings, Spreitzer, Sinicki, Considine, Wachs and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Miller, L. Taylor and Ringhand

  2. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Sep 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Dec 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  7. Dec 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1