Feb 29 Local News Weakened Smoking Ban Clears Indiana Senate By a vote of 29-21, the Indiana Senate has passed a heavily-amended statewide smoking ban. The Senate measure includes exemptions for casinos, bars, private clubs, tobacco stores, bingo parlors and other places. It will be sent to a conference committee next week. That’s where lawmakers will try to reconcile it with the House version, which […] By Rick Howlett Feb 29 Local News Weakened Smoking Ban Clears Indiana Senate Rick Howlett
Feb 27 Local News Indiana Senate Scheduled To Take Up Smoking Ban Proposal This Week The full Indiana Senate is expected to consider a proposed statewide smoking ban this week. The House has passed various smoking bans for the past six years, but this is the first such bill to make it past the Senate committee level. The Senate’s Public Policy Committee advanced the bill last week after some four […] By Rick Howlett Feb 27 Local News Indiana Senate Scheduled To Take Up Smoking Ban Proposal This Week Rick Howlett
Mar 23 Politics Senate Panel Hears Testimony On Indiana Smoking Ban Alice Curry of Columbus urged the Senate Public Policy Committee to remove the exemptions to protect workers from second-hand smoke. Curry is battling lung cancer. She never smoked but suspects her illness was caused by years of exposure to smoke in the workplace. Bar owners and the casino industry say a comprehensive ban would hurt business. Long term care facility operators want their residents to be able to smoke in designated areas. By Rick Howlett Mar 23 Politics Senate Panel Hears Testimony On Indiana Smoking Ban Rick Howlett