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Half-dozen senators did not cast votes
Jump to full article: The Tennessean, 2008-04-05
Author: THEO EMERY / Staff Writer
Intro: A bid to ban smoking outside the doors of Tennessee hospitals failed in the Senate this week, but the sponsor vowed to bring the measure back for a revote.
Sen. Tim Burchett, a Knoxville Republican, proposed legislation that would have extended a no-smoking zone around any health-care facility to 75 feet outside of the buildings, to keep patients and employees from having to walk through cigarette smoke on their way inside.
After some debate, the measure failed 16-9 Thursday, just one vote short of the 17 votes needed for a constitutional majority. A half-dozen senators in the session simply didn't vote, including former Lt. Gov. John Wilder and one senator from Nashville, Democrat Thelma Harper.
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