Smoking Ban to Exempt Bingos, Casinos?

On Wednesday the House failed to pass the Senate version of the Michigan smoking ban, HB 4163, which called for a complete smoking ban.

The bill now goes into a Conference Committee where only the differences between the two bills are up for negotiations. As you may recall, the differences between the bills are that the Senate version exempts no one, while the House version exempts casinos, bingos, and smoke shops.

The members of the conferences will meet later this month. If they can’t come to an agreement, the bill dies on 12/31/08.