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HB0005 • 2006

Alcohol without liquid.

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; prohibiting use of alcohol without liquid devices; providing exceptions; providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Elections
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Corporations
Last action
2006-03-08
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2006

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0005HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H07

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HB0005S2001

2nd reading • JENNINGS

Failed

Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by JENNINGS

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HB0005SS001

Standing Committee • MEIER

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by MEIER

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Bill History

  1. 2006-03-08 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 12

  2. 2006-03-08 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0008

  3. 2006-03-06 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0008

  4. 2006-03-06 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0008

  5. 2006-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0008

  6. 2006-03-03 House

    H Did Concur

  7. 2006-03-03 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  8. 2006-03-03 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  9. 2006-03-02 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  10. 2006-03-02 Senate

    Amendment Failed

  11. 2006-03-01 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  12. 2006-03-01 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  13. 2006-03-01 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  14. 2006-02-23 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  15. 2006-02-23 Senate

    S07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  16. 2006-02-21 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07

  17. 2006-02-21 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  18. 2006-02-17 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  19. 2006-02-16 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  20. 2006-02-15 House

    H Passed CoW

  21. 2006-02-15 House

    Amendment Adopted

  22. 2006-02-15 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  23. 2006-02-15 House

    H Placed on General File

  24. 2006-02-15 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  25. 2006-02-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  26. 2006-02-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  27. 2005-12-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

HB0005 Bill Summary

Bill
No.:
HB0005

Drafter:

KMS

LSO
No.:

06LSO-0064

Effective Date:

7/1/2006

Enrolled
Act No.:

HEA0008

Chapter
No.:

12

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Corporations, Elections
and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch
Title:

Alcohol without liquid.

Subject:

Prohibits
possession, purchase and sale of alcohol without liquid devices that is a
device, machine, apparatus or appliance that mixes alcohol liquor with pure or
diluted oxygen to produce an alcohol vapor that an individual can inhale.

Summary/Major
Elements:

This bill:

o

Prohibits possession, purchase and sale of alcohol without liquid
devices;

o

Allows for the use of alcohol without liquid devices for hospitals, state
institutions, private colleges or universities and pharmaceutical or biotechnology
companies which are conducting bona fide research;

o

Violators are subject to a misdemeanor with a fine of up to two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first offense and not more than seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750.00) and imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or
both for a second or subsequent offense;

o

Provides that all alcohol without liquid devices in Wyoming will be
confiscated, and after a hearing to determine if it is in fact an alcohol
without liquid device, will be destroyed.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0005

ENROLLED ACT NO. 8, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2006 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; prohibiting possession, purchase and sale of alcohol without liquid devices; providing an exception; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 12
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10
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101 is created to read:

CHAPTER 10
MISCELLANEOUS

12
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10
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101.

Possessing, purchasing or selling an alcohol without liquid device prohibited; exception; definition; penalties.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall possess, purchase, sell or offer to sell an alcohol without liquid device.

(b)

This section shall not apply to a hospital that operates primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research, a state institution conducting bona fide research, a private college or university conducting bona fide research or to a pharmaceutical company or biotechnology company conducting bona fide research.

(c)

Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first offense and not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both
,
for second and subsequent offenses.

(d)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any alcohol without liquid device found in
Wyoming
shall be confiscated and, after an opportunity for a hearing in a court of competent jurisdiction on the issue of whether the device is an alcohol without liquid device, shall be destroyed. The destruction of the device may be delayed if the device is needed for evidence in a criminal case.

(e)

As used in this section "alcohol without liquid device" means a device, machine, apparatus or appliance that mixes alcoholic liquor with pure or diluted oxygen to produce an alcohol vapor that an individual can inhale. An alcohol without liquid device does not include an inhaler, nebulizer, atomizer or other device that is designed and intended by the manufacturer to dispense a prescribed or over-the-counter medication.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2006.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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