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SB 9 - Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds - Tennessee Key Vote

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Title: Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds

Signed by Governor Bill Lee


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Title: Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that authorizes local governments to prohibit, by local resolution or ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, smoking on the grounds of any playground owned or operated by the local government.

Highlights:

 

  • Authorizes a local government to prohibit smoking on the grounds of a playground by adopting an ordinance approved by two-thirds of the local government’s legislative body (Sec. 1).

  • Defines “playground” as an indoor or outdoor facility that is intended for the recreation of children and owned by the local government (Sec. 1).

  • Defines “smoking as the burning of a tobacco product, hemp product, or any other drug or substance (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that smoking does not include the use of a vapor product (Sec. 1).

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Title: Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds

Title: Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds

Title: Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds

Title: Authorizes Local Governments to Prohibit Smoking on Playgrounds

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