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STATELINE STATE ACTIVITIES DIVISION May 14, 1987 ~ THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE STATE HEADLINES Iowa Senate crushed 10-cent cigarette tax hike (H327)just before adjournment 5/10... ~"~-proposed by Governor Branstad...phssed by House. Going to the Governor is H79, wo~place, public smoking restrictions...restaurants were amended out. Advertising, vending, and clove cigarette bans are dead for the year, but carry over to 1988. • New Orleans, I.A, Council gave anti-smokers double defeat on 5/7...quashed increase in local tobacco tax...rejected broad restriction ordinance. , • Ra~ho l~rage, CA,, holds., finaJA'~ading of m~odifie_d sn3old~g ban~ordinancy,~m~/21 ,~2 aftd/~ fiv_e/I-~purs ~u_ng,~ga' _'¢¢.~ar~readigg3~.. ~version~t'h--~ ~., alloq~l~3 ~mq ~ set up smoking lounges. Minnlesota Sengt'¢ passeyVI~-cent ~ar~ette tax hike 5/ll...Sl~.0~ow in.eo_.~Cqrence ~nt~e with ~ouse/~)~g t~edsure...'2:H529 ~/~s~e,_ inc~_' OT~._ f. //"Q% ~ifo " constitutional ame~ndmgnf~A14) 9g~in~ 25-ce~ ~ and~roporti/~t~td~~OT-PT...will _I~_ d57~.8 by Ass~ R_e~v~n.u~¢_Cmte~ • Massa ts Joint Taxation Crate placed 8-cent cigarette tax hike (S 1446) in study bill (H5494) this week...revenues were to fund prescription drug subsidy program. ~ Assqw~ly Health Crate placed 5-cen.~Lincrease (A~,64) on inte~gfim~study 5/12. • T~q ennessee bills to extend 1~1 tax option (H84~., $505) e~rry over to 1988 session. • V~ cities. ~ approved 3-cent tax in.crease on 5/12...had first proposed n~e~erease. ~ Norfolk also held heanng on 5-cent tax hike this week... Newport News on 5/26. 1-ffRb~ok.e, tax was hiked from 2 to 5 cents last week. SMOKING RESTRICTIONS .~-. ~~ren~te reposed workglgce policy b~l~fffi~13,..House and Senate a-T'eW6i~peet~ickly~ Ne~b)~tsl~_L..9.~was~jeeted~ ~eeonsideration...dead for 1987. • Oklal~ma House passed amended version of S327,~.govemment offices~,~aurants, public ~ bated ~ on tsena local smoking ordinances. Illinois House considering "clean indoor air" bill (H20)...similar measure ($374) is ~Senate. Ohi._...~o bill limiting local authority ($51) is on Senate floor. TI19810143

I ITII ...... 211 "I IF "i'-T'TIFFI q - 11 ~rr May 14, 1987 Page Two (/~~ena~e'~ommef.e~,Cmte to_hold 5/18 hearing on $414, tightening workplace and measure (I-167) gets hearing in House Health Cmte 5/20. Two Louis~ n hopper: $586, $594. Delaware House Health Crate tabled public smoking'bill (H-Subi). ~noHOUSe Labor Cmte OK'd workplace bill on 5/I l...sent H2479 to Joint Ways & Means r fiscal review. Minnesota Senate is debating $962...as reported from Health Crate, bill bans smoking in health care facilities...sponsor may try to amend original sampling and advertising bans back into bill. House passed companion (H 1283) as smoking restrictions only 5/7. California Senate Appropriations Cmte looks at smoking restrictions for airlines, • Broad restriction proposal in District of Columbia has been referred to Public Works L~e'~mte...no date set for hearing yet. 'Nassau County, NY Health Commissioner may propose ~ Midwest. ~ and North Canton~ OH, consider restrictions next week...Summit County holds h~n-issue 6/1.~, tL, Board has set public hearing, also on 6/t. South Bend,~ pr~ 6/22. California locals. Three restaurant proposals referred to San Francisco Human Relations Cmte...meets 6/4. Up next week, restriction measures in Monterey, Sim__.~i Valley, Budingame. Solano County holds final vote 5/26. S~/ADVERTISING ~~C~~/0~tdoor advertising ban (S1550)gets airing 5/18 in Senate Appropriations. • "-Malae~ent weakened vending machine bill to Governor McKeman this week...LD1391 reqm~ cigarette machines to be inaccessible to minors, or to be under adult supervision. Similar limits failed in ~ House 5/13...reconsideration of H2481 likely. Wisconsin Joint Finance Cmte t6ok 18-year sales bill (AI 1 l)...added prohibition on sale to anyone born after 12/31/87...s.ent it to Assembly. • Massachusetts sales ban in health facilities (H3289) set for Senate floor vote today. STATE SIDEBARS • The Federal Labor Relations Authority has ruled that Army officials at Ft. Leonard " Wood, MO, must negotiate with local civilian unions before clamping down on smoking. FLRA spokesman told Federal Times that ruling on negotiability of GSA rules is coming. According to Advertising Age, the American Lung Association's call for ban on cigarette advertising prompted its general eotmsel, Robert Rosch, to resign...Rosch told columnist William Gloede, "Surely there would be calls for banning the advertising of alcoholic beverages, junk food, even snowmobiles. You name it." He said such an action would "take a bite out of the First Amendment." . Ins and Outs. Iowa adjourned 5/10...Tennessee on 5/7. Arizona and Vermont legislators go home this w~"~-k-'dnd. By end of May, :25 states should ~ed for'the year. TI198101,$4

IN STATE RF_~ ~F_~ION X ALABAMA 4/21 - (~/1) X ALAS~/~ 1/19- (5/1B) X ARIZONA' 1/12 (5/153 ARKANSAS ..... 1/12 - 4/20 X" CALIFO'RNIA ........ 1/5 - (12/313 X COLORADO 1/7 (6/30) X CONNECTIC'UT .... 1/7 ~ .(6/.33 X DELAWARE 1~13 (6/}0) GEORG,I.A ~/12 3/11 X HAWAII 1/21 - (4/30)'' IDAHO 1/12 - 4/I X "'ILLINOIS 1/14 ' (6/30) INDIA,N.A 1/6 - (5/1) IOWA 1/12 - 5/10 X .... KANSAS 1/12 - (5/11) KENTUCKY NO REGULAR s~S'sIoN X '' 'LOUIS.I'ANA,, ' ....... 4/20' ' (7/133 x , ,MAINE, , 1/B - (6/3O) MARYLAND 1/14 4/13' 'X ' ~SSAC.~.US'.E'.T.,T,S 1/~ -'(12'/}1') ' X .. MICHIGAN 1/14 - (12/31) X MINNESOTA 1/6 - (5/IB) MISSISSIPPI 1/6 - 4/4 'X MISSOURI 1/7 - (6/15),, ' 'MONTANA ' ' I/5 -'4/~'3 X" NEBRASKA .... 1/7 - (5/'153 X ' ' 'NEVADA ..... 1/19' (6/15 ) ',X' NEW HAMPSHIRE 1/7 - (6/~0) X NEW 3ERSEY 1/~ - (12/313, NEW MEXICO ........ 1/20 - 3/21 X NEW YORK 1/7 - '(12/3i") "X NdRT'H CARO'LIN'A 2/9' - (7/J1')' NORTH DAKOTA 1/6 - 4/1B x OHIO "" ,... " ,. 1'15 .... (1~I~'1)' ' X 'OKLAHOMA 1/6' .... (~'/i'~) X ' 'OREGON 1/1'~ - ('7/1'53 ' ' X PENNSY'I"VANIA ...... 1/6 - ('12'131)' X RH,O,DE 'I'SLAND 1/6 - (5/.I,,6,.) 'X SOUTH CARO~"INA " '~/13 - (6/113 SOUTH DAKOTA 1/13 - 3/23 TENNESSEE .... 1/13 - ~'/7' X TEXAS " 1/1'~ - (6/1) ..... - UTAH " '1/1"2 - 2/2~ X ' VERMONT 1/7 -.(5/16) vIRGINIA 1/1~' - 3/1 .... S ' WASHIN'G~ON" ' 1/12'- 4/2.6,. ' ' .... s WEST VIRGINIA , !/14 - 3/19' ,,,, X WISCONSIN . ,1/5 - .(12/31 ), WYOMING 1/13 - 2/2B CO TO '88 CO CO CO CO SPECIAL .SESSIOI6 ,Ma~ o~ 3une 2/4 CO ._ CO ,I eb co CO co CO "" 4/~'7 -,,30 ,,4/~ - co CO - Bills ca~cy ovec fcom 1987 to 1988 considecation. ~ - New 3e~sey and Vicginia biIls ca~cied ovec fcom 198~ to 1987. Adjournment dates in parentheses s~e tentative. TI19810145