[C-U Smokefree] FW: Local Control - Clean Indoor Air

[Kathleen Gary]

Show your support by making a call or two to our legislators.  See note
below from Kathy Drea.  I've met with both Naomi Jakobsson and Richard
Winkel on this issue.  

Senator Richard Winkel is (217) 328-0400 (Urbana District office) or (217)
782-2507 (Springfield) and ask him to vote Yes on Senate Bill 254.

Please call Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (217) 373-5000 (Champaign District office)
or (217) 558-1009 (Springfield) or Rep. Bill Black (431-1986) and ask them
to vote Yes on House Bill 672. 

The YES vote on both SB254 and HB672 reverses "pre-emption" in the IL Clean
Indoor Air Act passed in 1989 (the prohibition of local communities to
legislate their own clean air policy beyond what is stated in the CIA Act). 
 
Kathleen Gary 
C-U Smokefree Alliance
(217) 333-8704 
kgary at uiuc.edu 
 
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From: Kathy Drea [mailto:kdrea at lungil.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:02 PM
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Subject: Local Control - Clean Indoor Air



Dear Clean Indoor Air Advocate:

Yesterday was a VERY exciting day.  Senate Bill 254, which would allow local
municipalities the option to pass a clean indoor air ordinance (if they
wish) passed the Senate Health & Human Services Committee with 9 Yes votes,
0 No votes and 1 Present vote.  This is the first time a bill addressing
this issue has been assigned to a senate committee and received a hearing -
EVER.  To get to this point of a favorable Senate Committee vote has taken
literally YEARS of dedicated and hard work by hundreds (if not thousands) of
people in Illinois.  Thanks to ALL of you for all your work, phone calls and
letters.

Is our work over?  NO!!!  Now we must triple our efforts.  Senate Bill 254
will now be voted on by the entire Illinois Senate - as well as House Bill
672 (exact same language as SB254) which is also up for consideration by the
entire Illinois House of Representatives.  We must get the word out to
EVERYONE we know. 

Here is the message you can cut & paste and send to every committee, group
or email list that you have (if you have any questions please call me at
800-788-5864):

Dear Friends,

I am writing to urge you to take immediate action on important legislation
currently before the Illinois legislature: HB 672 (the House Bill) and SB
254 (the Senate Bill). Both bills would allow local municipalities the
option to pursue a clean indoor air ordinance, if they wish.   These bills
do not require municipalities to do anything- the bills would only give a
municipality the option to restrict smoking in indoor public places and
workplaces - it is now unlawful for local municipalities to do this. I urge
you to contact your State Representative (House Bill 672) and Senator
(Senate Bill 254) and ask them to vote "YES."  The passage of these bills is
an important first step to protect the public against exposure to
second-hand smoke.  

Please make these calls TODAY and urge others who are residents of Illinois
to do the same.  They will likely be voted on within the next week.  The
votes will be very close - in 2004 we needed 60 "yes" votes in the Illinois
House - and got 59.  Every single phone call makes a difference!!!

Thank you!

Kathy Drea, Director, Public Policy
American Lung Association of Illinois-Iowa
3000 Kelly Lane
Springfield, IL  62711
1-800-788-5864
Fax: 217-787-5916
kdrea at lungil.org
www.lungilia.org