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S. 798
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Gregory
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Introduced in the Senate on April 27, 2005
Introduced in the House on March 14, 2006
Last Amended on March 9, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Employers authorized to advertise for nonsmoking employees
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/27/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-9 4/27/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry SJ-9 3/2/2006 Senate Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry SJ-11 3/3/2006 Scrivener's error corrected 3/7/2006 Senate Read second time SJ-11 3/9/2006 Senate Amended SJ-15 3/9/2006 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-15 3/14/2006 House Introduced and read first time HJ-21 3/14/2006 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-21
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
4/27/2005
3/2/2006
3/3/2006
3/9/2006
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AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
March 9, 2006
S. 798
S. Printed 3/9/06--S.
Read the first time April 27, 2005.
TO AMEND SECTION 41-1-85, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF USING TOBACCO PRODUCTS OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE AS THE BASIS FOR TAKING A PERSONNEL ACTION AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE AN EMPLOYER TO ADVERTISE FOR NONSMOKER EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNATE IN HIS ADVERTISEMENT THAT THE WORKPLACE IS A NONSMOKING ENVIRONMENT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 41-1-85 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 593 of 1990, is further amended to read:
"Section 41-1-85. (A) The use of tobacco products outside the workplace must not be the basis of personnel action, including, but not limited to, employment, termination, demotion, or promotion of an employee.
(B) An employer may advertise that employees cannot smoke in the workplace and designate in his advertisement that the workplace is a nonsmoking environment."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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