6084536 Public Hearing on B21-0152, Prohibition Against Selling Tobacco Products to Individuals Under 21 Amendment Act of 2015 and B21-0686, Sporting Events Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Restriction Amendment Act of 2016 (Joint)

Council of the District of Columbia

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY and Committee on Health and Human Services

Notice of Joint Public Hearing

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004  

 

 

Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson

Committee on the Judiciary

 

and

 

Councilmember Yvette Alexander, Chairperson

Committee on Health and Human Services

                                                  

Announce a Joint Public Hearing on

 

Bill 21-0152, the “Prohibition Against Selling Tobacco Products to Individuals Under 21 Amendment Act of 2015”

 

and

 

Bill 21-0686, the “Sporting Events Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Restriction Amendment Act of 2016”

 

Thursday, July 7, 2016, 2:00 p.m.

Room 412, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 Washington, D.C. 20004

 

On Thursday, July 7, 2016, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, and Councilmember Yvette Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health & Human Services, will hold a joint public hearing on Bill 21-0152, the “Prohibition Against Selling Tobacco Products to Individuals Under 21 Amendment Act of 2015”, and Bill 21-0686, the “Sporting Events Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Restriction Amendment Act of 2016”. The hearing will be held in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., at 2:00 p.m.

 

The stated purpose of Bill 21-0152 is to amend District law to prohibit (1) the sale of tobacco to individuals under the age of 21; and (2) the issuance of vending machine operator’s licenses for the sale of tobacco products in an establishment that admits persons under the age of 21. 

 

The stated purpose of Bill 21-0686 is to amend the District of Columbia Smoking Restriction Act of 1979 to prohibit smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco at organized sporting events. The bill also requires that signage be posted at organized sporting events to reflect that smokeless tobacco is prohibited and to clearly state the maximum fine for violation.

 

The Committees invite the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing should contact the Committee on the Judiciary at [phone], or via e-mail at [e-mail], and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business, July 1, 2016. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring twenty, single-sided copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically to [e-mail].

 

For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee on the Judiciary or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at the end of the business day on July 21, 2016.