Smoking bill headed back to committee
For those following H2, the smoking ban bill, it is headed back to committee.
"I hope to have it back in the Health Care Committee tomorrow," said Sen. William Purcell, the committee's chairman. He said that some changes for a new, less strict version were being worked on by staff Tuesday afternoon in advance of the Tuesday meeting.
The measure had been due for floor debate on Wednesday.
So why is it heading back? Simple: supporters of the strict measure, which would ban smoking in almost all public areas, don't have the votes to pass it.
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