Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 17:50:52 GMT -6
Bid to toughen anti-smoking rules on school grounds dies in Legislature
In a huge turnaround from earlier votes, the Louisiana House Sunday killed an Edwards administration bill that would expand no-smoking rules on public and private school grounds.
The proposal, House Bill 218, won lopsided approval in both chambers in earlier votes.
But a compromise version hammered out by House and Senate negotiators triggered heavy criticism in the House, which then voted to kill the bill 17-81.
Critics said the latest version would be unenforceable and require school principals to try to carry out the law.
“Looking at this conference report this thing is a lot different from when it left the House,” GOP House Leader Lance Harris of Alexandria said.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/16014125-123/bid-to-toughen-anti-smoking-rules-on-school-grounds-dies-in-legislature
In a huge turnaround from earlier votes, the Louisiana House Sunday killed an Edwards administration bill that would expand no-smoking rules on public and private school grounds.
The proposal, House Bill 218, won lopsided approval in both chambers in earlier votes.
But a compromise version hammered out by House and Senate negotiators triggered heavy criticism in the House, which then voted to kill the bill 17-81.
Critics said the latest version would be unenforceable and require school principals to try to carry out the law.
“Looking at this conference report this thing is a lot different from when it left the House,” GOP House Leader Lance Harris of Alexandria said.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/16014125-123/bid-to-toughen-anti-smoking-rules-on-school-grounds-dies-in-legislature