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February 28, 2007

Panels to hear bill against smoking in car with kids

Two General Assembly committees are scheduled to meet today to discuss legislation that would make it illegal to smoke inside a car with young children.

State Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski, D-South Kingstown, introduced the bill that prohibits adults from smoking while a child age 6 or younger is a passenger.

Sosnowski cited a need to protect " those who can’t speak for themselves,” noting, “They’re strapped in there and there’s nothing they can do to get away from it."

A House version of the proposed law is scheduled to be discussed today in the House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare. The group plans to meet in State House Room 135 at the rise of the House, which is generally around 4:30 p.m.

The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will examine its version at the rise of the Senate in State House Room 212.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 12:53 PM | Permalink

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