Bill Text: HI HB1395 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 1395 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Smoking.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1395 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1395-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1395
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO SMOKING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-102 Smoking prohibited. (a) All public schools within the State, from kindergarten through grade twelve, shall prohibit the use of tobacco at public schools or at public school functions.

(b) Any person over the age of twenty-one who violates subsection (a) shall be fined $100. The fine levied pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other applicable fines or penalties. The department shall adopt rules, including non-monetary penalties for students, pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this subsection.

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 28, 2081.

Report Title:

Smoking; Monetary Penalty

Description:

Establishes a $100 fine for persons over twenty-one who smoke on public school property or at public school functions. (HB1395 HD1)

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