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Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added Olson Bill Text
Smoking ban changes made by adding definitions and an exception and requiring
posted signs.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Author added Heidgerken Bill Text
Smoking ban definitions and exceptions added, and posted signs required.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes Bill Text
Tobacco tax rates decreased, maximum cigar tax established, and tax adjustments
provided.
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Referred by Chair to K-12 Finance Division Bill Text
HF 3390
SECOND ENGROSSMENT
Nutrition added as required standard, BMI monitoring program required, statewide
health improvement program, and health nutrition, and physical education work
group established, reports required, and money appropriated.
Section 1: Required academic standards language added.
Section 2: Statewide health improvement program language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Goals.
Subdivision 2. Funding local communities.
Subdivision 3. Outcomes.
Subdivision 4. Media campaign.
Section 3: BMI monitoring in children and youth language is provided.
Section 4: Health, nutrition, and physical education advisory council language
provided.
Section 5: Appropriation language provided.
SNA 3/11/08
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Bill Text
Smoking ban exception removed relating to patients in a locked psychiatric unit.
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes Bill Text
Tobacco tax and tobacco health impact fee computation modified for "moist
snuff".
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Bill Text
Smoking prohibited near entrances to public places.
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes Bill Text
Cigarette and tobacco products tax stamps distributor discount provided.
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text
HF 1825
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Smoking in a nonsmoking hotel room penalty increased, and civil and criminal
penalties imposed.
Section 1: Penalty language is modified.
Section 2: Civil penalty and service charge language is provided.
Section 3: Notice language is provided.
Section 4: Notice of damage language is provided.
Section 5: Notice of dispute language is provided.
Section 6: Not a bar to criminal liability language is provided.
SNA 2/21/08
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Finance Bill Text
HF 1737
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Cigarette fire safety definitions and reduced ignition propensity standards
provided, enforcement provided, fee imposed, and penalties provided.
Section 1: Cigarette fire safety definitions provided.
Section 2: Test method and performance standard language provided.
Section 3: Certification and product change language provided.
Section 4: Marking and cigarette packaging language provided.
Section 5: Penalties and remedies language provided.
Section 6: Implementation language provided.
Section 7: Inspection language provided.
Section 8: Sale outside of Minnesota language provided.
Section 9: Repeal by preemption language provided.
Section 10: Effective date provided.
JAJ 3/21/7
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Latest Legislation - View All
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Establishing a public health improvement account in the general fund; requiring
the commissioner of health to credit tobacco settlement revenues to the account
(me)
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Modifying the state smoking ban by defining the terms cigarette and
roll-your-own (roll your own), permitting smoking in American legion, veterans
of foreign wars (VFW), other private facilities and clubs and bingo halls under
certain conditions; defining private club; requiring sign display for permitted
smoking
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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Modifying the state smoking ban by defining the terms cigarette and
roll-your-own (roll your own), permitting smoking in American legion, veterans
of foreign wars (VFW), other private facilities and clubs and bingo halls under
certain conditions; defining private club; requiring sign display for permitted
smoking
(me)
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to health; modifying the medical education and research cost (MERC)
distribution formula; modifying the definition of eligible trainee FTEs;
modifying distribution by commissioner of health of certain proceeds gained by
tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; authorizing commissioner to award
grants to teaching institutions and clinical training sites increasing mental
health access to underserved populations; specifying considerations for awarding
grants; modifying federal financial participation for MERC; appropriating money
to commissioner of health for MERC grants
(me)
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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextRelating to taxation; establishing a data match system for comparison of account information data held by financial institutions with the department of revenue database of debtors (tax debtor matching system), permitting fee charging, providing for noncompliance to information requests, confidentiality, immunity and civil action for unauthorized disclosures by financial institutions, appropriating annually for administrative costs, making conforming amendments; creating the surplus lines association of Minnesota as a nonprofit association, classifying data as public, requiring licensees to submit documents to the surplus lines association; defining targeted rural opportunity community, establishing a regional emerging business investment tax credit for qualifying businesses; abolishing the political contribution refund; making federal tax conforming changes; defining levy year as the year in which levies are certified show full description
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Changing the tobacco tax and tobacco health impact fee on moist snuff
(rt)
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Returned from House Bill Text
Smoking in a nonsmoking hotel room penalty increased, and civil and criminal
penalties imposed.
Latest Action: 04/27/2007 - Jt. rule 2.03, referred to Rules and Administration Bill Text
1E Establishing reduced ignition propensity standards for cigarettes; defining
certain terms; establishing a test method and performance standard; requiring
manufacturer certification and package marking; prescribing penalties and
remedies; authorizing commissioner of public safety and state fire marshal
rulemaking; authorizing commissioner of revenue inspection and attorney general
and state fire marshal records examination; establishing the reduced ignition
propensity cigarette account; permitting sale of cigarettes not meeting
standards outside the state; providing for state preemption over local
regulation and repeal upon federal preemption
(me)
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text"Freedom to Breath Act of 2005"; modifying certain provisions under the clean indoor air act; prohibiting smoking in places of employment and in public transportation vehicles, defining smoking, indoor area, places of employment and public transportation and modifying the definition of public place; requiring family home or group family day care providers to disclose to parents or guardians of children cared for on the premises of the existence of smoking on the premises outside the hours of operation; expanding the prohibition on smoking in health care facilities to licensed residential facilities for children and modifying the prohibition on smoking in nursing and boarding care homes; authorizing smoking in public transportation vehicles used for personal purposes by the driver, passengers disclosure requirement; strengthening the responsibility of proprietors in charge of public places to prevent smoking; authorizing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to health; prohibiting smoking within a certain number of feet of a
public entrance to public places and health care facilities and clinics
(je)
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