Bill Text: VA SB224 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Public schools; prohibited use of tobacco products on school bus, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-04 - VOTE: DEFEATED #2 (38-Y 60-N) [SB224 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB224-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 224 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 5, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact §22.1-79.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public schools; tobacco products. ---------- Patron-- Miller ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §22.1-79.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§22.1-79.5. Policy regarding tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.

Each school board shall develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes any tobacco product or nicotine vapor product, as those terms are defined in §18.2-371.2, on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity.

2. That each school board shall update its policies to comply with the provisions of this act by July 1, 2017.