Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 1440 (99th)

Non-Smokers Rights Act of 1985

reportedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

16 July 1985

Last action

19 November 1985 · Reported

Status

Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 1937) in lieu of this measure.

Sponsors

Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA], Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

29 August 2025

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Non-Smokers Rights Act of 1985 - Restricts smoking to designated areas in all U.S. Government buildings. Sets forth a civil penalty for anyone who smokes in a designated non-smoking area.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 16 July 1985

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 July 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 July 1985

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services.

    Source: Committee

  4. 31 July 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GSA, OPM, CBO, Health and Human Services Department (Public Health Service).

    Source: Committee

  5. 3 September 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GSA (Inspector General).

    Source: Committee

  6. 30 September 1985

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

  7. 1 October 1985

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

  8. 2 October 1985

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-704.

    Source: Committee

  9. 18 November 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Treasury Department.

    Source: Committee

  10. 19 November 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 1937) in lieu of this measure.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.