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Bill Status of SB2312 98th General Assembly

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Short Description: SMOKE FREE-PRIVACY-EXEMPT

Senate Sponsors
Sen. David S. Luechtefeld and Gary Forby

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
4/25/2013	Senate	Third Reading - Lost; 021-018-005

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 55/5

from Ch. 48, par. 2855

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to exempt from certain prohibitions against discrimination any for-profit employer that, as its sole business purpose or objective, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition, and that refuses to hire or discharges any individual, or otherwise disadvantages any individual, with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the individual uses tobacco products, including cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snus, snuff, clove cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and similar products. Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to exempt, from certain prohibitions against discrimination, an employer that, as its business purpose or objective, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition, that gives new employees blood tests for tobacco use, and that refuses to hire an individual on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act or discharges an individual who was hired on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act or otherwise disadvantages any individual who was hired on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the individual uses a tobacco product. Requires such an employer to give its employees the right to appeal those adverse actions. Defines "tobacco product". Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/15/2013	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Duffy
2/15/2013	Senate	First Reading
2/15/2013	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/5/2013	Senate	Assigned to Public Health
3/12/2013	Senate	Postponed - Public Health
3/14/2013	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
3/15/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
3/15/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/19/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
3/19/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/19/2013	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 006-000-003
3/19/2013	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
4/11/2013	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
4/15/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
4/15/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
4/16/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Public Health
4/17/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Public Health
4/23/2013	Senate	Second Reading
4/23/2013	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2013
4/24/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Public Health
4/25/2013	Senate	Third Reading - Lost; 021-018-005
4/25/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

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