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SF 2381 Senate Long Description

E "Freedom to Breathe Act of 2004", modifying certain provisions + under the clean indoor air act; prohibiting smoking in places of employment and+ in public transportation vehicles, defining places of employment and public transportation and modifying the definition of public place, +excluding public functions from the definition of private social functions for +prohibition purposes; requiring family home or group family day care providers to+ disclose to parents or guardians of children cared for on the premises of the +existence of smoking on the premises outside the hours of operation; expanding +the prohibition on smoking in health care facilities to licensed +residential facilities for children and modifying the prohibition on smoking in +nursing and boarding care homes; authorizing smoking in public transportation +vehicles used for personal purposes by the driver, passengers disclosure +requirement; strengthening the responsibility of proprietors in charge of public +places to prevent smoking; expanding the prohibition on tobacco products in +public schools to private schools and to school grounds, defining school +grounds and expanding the definition of school to public and private colleges, +universities and other educational and vocational facilities; specifically +excluding private homes, residences and automobiles and hotel or motel rooms from the +smoking prohibitions; providing an affirmative defense to the charge of +failing to prohibit smoking and prohibiting actions against violation reporters; authorizing more stringent city or county regulations; repealing the +provision authorizing the designation of smoking areas in public places (ra, ja)