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2009 House Bill 4377: Prohibit restaurants or private workplaces owners from choosing to allow smoking (Senate Roll Call 693)
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Passed 24 to 13 in the Senate on December 10, 2009, to prohibit a business owner, including the owner of a bar or restaurant, from choosing to allow smoking in his or her establishment. The Detroit casinos, existing cigar bars and tobacco specialty retail stores, work vehicles and home offices would be exempt from the ban.
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The vote was 24 in favor, 13 against, and 1 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 693)

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Vote
In Favor In Favor
Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Republican
406040%
544654%
4964%
22 total votes
Democrat
93793%
6946%
1000%
16 total votes
Voters
168416%
831783%
1000%
12 total votes

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Prohibit restaurants or private workplaces owners from choosing to allow smoking

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)Basham (D)Brater (D)Cherry (D)Clark-Coleman (D)
Clarke (D)Gleason (D)Hunter (D)Jacobs (D)Olshove (D)
Prusi (D)Scott (D)Switalski (D)Thomas (D)Whitmer (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Birkholz (R)Cassis (R)George (R)Jelinek (R)Kahn (R)
McManus (R)Nofs (R)Pappageorge (R)Patterson (R) 

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Barcia (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Allen (R)Bishop (R)Brown (R)Cropsey (R)Garcia (R)
Gilbert (R)Jansen (R)Kuipers (R)Richardville (R)Sanborn (R)
Stamas (R)Van Woerkom (R)   

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Hardiman (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

  n  Allen (R)Y    Anderson (D)  n  Barcia (D)Y    Basham (D)Y    Birkholz (R)
  n  Bishop (R)Y    Brater (D)  n  Brown (R)Y    Cassis (R)Y    Cherry (D)
Y    Clark-Coleman (D)Y    Clarke (D)  n  Cropsey (R)  n  Garcia (R)Y    George (R)
  n  Gilbert (R)Y    Gleason (D)  -  Hardiman (R)Y    Hunter (D)Y    Jacobs (D)
  n  Jansen (R)Y    Jelinek (R)Y    Kahn (R)  n  Kuipers (R)Y    McManus (R)
Y    Nofs (R)Y    Olshove (D)Y    Pappageorge (R)Y    Patterson (R)Y    Prusi (D)
  n  Richardville (R)  n  Sanborn (R)Y    Scott (D)  n  Stamas (R)Y    Switalski (D)
Y    Thomas (D)  n  Van Woerkom (R)Y    Whitmer (D)  

Senate Roll Call 693 on 2009 House Bill 4377

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Comments

1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4377 (Prohibit allowing restaurant or private workplace smoking )  by egorhythmia on June 24, 2012 
I think it's abusive to not let people smoke in restaurants... just separate the two groups and everything should be ok in the end. I can't imagine a business that spends tons of money on restaurant supplies will just abandon the biggest part of their clients because of a ruling. There has to be a way to make everyone happy.

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2) Re: 2009 House Bill 4377 (Prohibit allowing restaurant or private workplace smoking )  by petervlipen1 on May 16, 2012 
I am a smoker but I am glad about this law, a lot of people will think twice before starting to smoke because smoking will be banned in restaurants, on the streets and so on. Smoking kills millions of people, by making psychic reading I saw that this phenomenon can be stopped. If you are a smoker it`s not fun to go into a restaurant where you are not allowed to smoke so in some time you will realize that smoking is bad for you health and you cannot have fun in any place because it is forbidden to smoke.

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3) Re: 2009 House Bill 4377 (Prohibit allowing restaurant or private workplace smoking )  by DaveGillie on April 2, 2012 

 problem is YOU insist on walking on MY PRIVATE PROPERTY Where i piss, then blame ME for pissing!! silly girl, Nobody FORCES you into smoking establishments (when we had them) just like nobody forces you into MY bathroom.


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