H 3315  General Bill, By McKnight and Simmons

Similar(S 558, H 3308)
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO SMOKE A TOBACCO
 PRODUCT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE IN WHICH A MINOR IS A PASSENGER AND TO PROVIDE A
 PENALTY.
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   12/18/18  House  Prefiled
   12/18/18  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   01/08/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 170)
   01/08/19  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 170)
   01/17/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Simmons

H. 3315

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO SMOKE A TOBACCO PRODUCT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE IN WHICH A MINOR IS A PASSENGER AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 31, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-5-3910.    (A)    It is unlawful for a person to smoke a tobacco product in a motor vehicle while a person who is less than eighteen years old is a passenger.

(B)    As contained in this section, 'tobacco product' means a product that contains tobacco and is intended for human consumption.

(C)    A person who violates this section must be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each violation."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.