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1 mBA[3C1E !nc .1 . ';'-4 ... ~, s;:~t3.; t.`".Wa. '~~~~'v.`~+ P , ~.~ INSTITUT :..~~" r'.. . CALIFORNIA'A 1222; introduced in March Having passed the'Assembly by, a;42-31 'vote„on June' 3,'1977; A~"1222 was s favorably.,recommended ;by'; the Senate Health and Welfare tCominittee T~~f~t ~failed passage 'in'the' Senate 'by an ~18- June`'~A 1222 ~ 16, 1978, a16~~vo~e ~:Lh~owever,: :notion afor .reconsideration was granted ~'~,. 1222 'could tbe ~ , ' brvught,~up for another ;'vote 'at any time Denn s~ Lo er`;" Executiv~Director~of ~ D ~ .,. py~Y~~ ~~~~ g ', ~ y`'"s or chains; have, not PP ';"o osed;fithis bill,t_;whichmakes~itsdiffrcult~'to1~1 bby. ag Y ~ ,~ ; ,~ •~>, ainst it` ; He is "sure` that `it will 'eventually pass ;the::Sena'te . s> only.21 votes are neaded for passage ',,, A , . . . , • , .. .. ...1, ~ i~~~ ~~ , : . M __ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ;-P, City Council passed an amended u~iersion To. on the first reading `ori `July 11, ,1978 . t: Now exempted~from the~bare% a, ~. . motels; `~ hotel's and „restaurants ; still ,in the bill •`are provisions,~restri.c~t ~-•- ing smoking in many public places,.lncluding reception area°s ar~d lobbie~ sIT af offl.ces 3' ~ ~~ft~ft~~ y : The next possible date"for second.(final . NEW YORK City ' Councii ; Health Committee met on 'July, ;7, I978, ~to}hconsider~ several proposed ordinances and resolutions'dealing withismoking'rest"r1.ct.- ions:.. No decision.was reached on any of the'measures ~ 4See;attachment:' NE~d YOP - Westchester Coun yfBoard of riealth See attachmert.~:' i,,. ~ ~ t. ~.., ~ , G1SL.AT1VE BULLETIN , t i OKLAHOMA - Citizens' Committee to Combat Cancer filed an initiative:'' petition on July 5, 1978, with the Secretary of State toseek a•,state-~ wide vote on a proposed one-cent per pack increase in'the cigarette:~" ~ tax.`.:This fund would be used for cancer research, education,"-treatmen~ and screening. .~ It „~Y, A total of 87,000 signatures must be obtained within ninety days in .~~:. order to qualify for , the November ballot.. d T P D r) ~ ~ . Number :- l Jul ;13; 1"1978 , . ..y ~_u..~.... s 'JuZy`Y2 r ; .: . .:,. : _.,,.:. A similar resolution'introduced in the Oklahoma House in January 1978 was defeated in the House Constitutional Revi,sion Committee ~ by a4 ~-'2 `, vote on February 03595210 . n ' SUITE.1200 ~; ..,1776 K STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 202 /457-4s57, : ..;. . , . " .kr.hw,ar ._,_..s~. .... . , ..~. _.. .. . -. - . .... . . . .,.. .. ..:.... . -.. . .~ .:.... ._... a_~i.~.,~._.........:,,,_ ,..... ..., .._...~