MN Senate Approves Smoking Ban

03/27/2007

Associated Press
Last update: March 27, 2007 – 3:38 PM

Votes Tuesday as the Senate, on a 41-24 vote, approved a measure to ban smoking in most indoor places. Voting yes were 35 Democrats and 6 Republicans. Voting no were 8 Democrats and 16 Republicans.

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES

Anderson (St. Paul); Berglin (Minneapolis); Betzold (Fridley); Bonoff (Minnetonka); Carlson (Eagan); Chaudhary (Fridley); Clark (St. Cloud); Cohen (St. Paul); Dibble (Minneapolis); Doll (Burnsville); Erickson Ropes (Winona); Foley (Coon Rapids); Kubly (Granite Falls); Langseth (Glyndon); Larson (Bloomington); Latz (St. Louis Park); Lourey (Kerrick); Lynch (Rochester); Marty (Roseville); Metzen (South St. Paul); Moua (St. Paul); Murphy (Red Wing); Olseen (Harris); Olson, M. (Bemidji); Pappas (St. Paul); Pogemiller (Minneapolis); Prettner Solon (Duluth); Rest (New Hope); Rummel (White Bear Lake); Saltzman (Woodbury); Sheran (Mankato); Sieben (Newport); Skogen (Hewitt); Torres Ray (Minneapolis); Wiger (North St. Paul)

DEMOCRATS VOTING NO

Bakk (Cook); Saxhaug (Grand Rapids); Scheid (Brooklyn Park); Skoe (Clearbrook); Sparks (Austin); Stumpf (Plummer); Tomassoni (Chisholm); Vickerman (Tracy)

DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING

Higgins (Minneapolis)

REPUBLICANS VOTING YES

Dille (Dassel); Frederickson (New Ulm); Gimse (Willmar); Michel (Edina); Rosen (Fairmont); Senjem (Rochester)

REPUBLICANS VOTING NO

Day (Owatonna); Fischbach (Paynesville); Hann (Eden Prairie); Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria); Johnson (Ham Lake); Jungbauer (East Bethel); Koch (Buffalo); Koering (Fort Ripley); Limmer (Maple Grove); Neuville (Northfield); Olson, G. (Minnetrista); Ortman (Chanhassen); Pariseau (Farmington); Robling (Jordan); Vandeveer (Forest Lake); Wergin (Princeton)

REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING

Gerlach (Apple Valley)