Bill Text: OH HB470 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To prohibit employment discrimination against smokers.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-23 - To Commerce & Labor [HB470 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB470-Introduced.html
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Representative Dyer
Cosponsors:
Representatives Okey, Domenick, Pryor, Hagan
| To enact section 4113.25 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| prohibit employment discrimination against | 2 |
| smokers. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 4113.25 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 4113.25. (A) No employer shall discharge without just | 6 |
| cause, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against any | 7 |
| person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or | 8 |
| privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly | 9 |
| related to employment, on the basis that the person smokes | 10 |
| tobacco. | 11 |
| (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employer from | 12 |
| adopting and enforcing rules that prohibit employees from smoking | 13 |
| tobacco, or smelling like tobacco smoke, during the hours of | 14 |
| employment. | 15 |
| (C) Any person discriminated against as a result of a | 16 |
| violation of division (A) of this section may sue in any court of | 17 |
| competent jurisdiction to recover damages and costs, including | 18 |
| attorney's fees, and to obtain injunctive relief or other | 19 |
| appropriate relief. | 20 |
| (D) Any action arising under this section shall be initiated | 21 |
| within one year after the date of violation. | 22 |
| (E) The director of commerce shall administer and | 23 |
| administratively enforce this section and may adopt rules in | 24 |
| accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for those | 25 |
| purposes. | 26 |
| (F) Whoever violates this section shall be fined twenty-five | 27 |
| thousand dollars for the first offense, fifty thousand dollars for | 28 |
| the second offense, and one hundred thousand dollars for each | 29 |
| subsequent offense. | 30 |
