House File 583 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ABDUL=SAMAD, LENSING, GAYMAN, WINCKLER, SMITH, BERRY, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, WENDT, STAED, BUKTA, FOEGE, MASCHER, MAY, WISE, PALMER, KELLEY, FREVERT, L. MILLER, and RAECKER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring school districts to prohibit the use of 2 cigarettes and tobacco products at schools, on school grounds, 3 in school vehicles, and at off=campus school=related indoor 4 events. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 2308HH 82 7 ak/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 280.28 TOBACCO USE PROHIBITION. 1 2 The board of directors of each public school district and 1 3 the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school 1 4 shall develop rules that prohibit a person from using a 1 5 cigarette or a tobacco product, as these terms are defined in 1 6 section 453A.1, at any time at any of the following locations: 1 7 1. In a school building or other school facility under the 1 8 control of the school district or accredited nonpublic school, 1 9 including any facility that is owned, rented, or leased by the 1 10 school district or accredited nonpublic school. 1 11 2. On grounds that are owned, rented, or leased by the 1 12 school district or accredited nonpublic school, including 1 13 athletic fields and parking lots. 1 14 3. In a vehicle owned, leased, rented, contracted for, or 1 15 controlled by the school district or accredited nonpublic 1 16 school. 1 17 4. At school=sponsored or school=related indoor events 1 18 that are held off=campus. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill requires that the board of directors of each 1 21 public school district and the authorities in charge of each 1 22 accredited nonpublic school shall develop rules that prohibit 1 23 a person from using a cigarette or a tobacco product, as these 1 24 terms are defined in Code section 453A.1, at any time while in 1 25 a school building or other school facility under the control 1 26 of the school district or accredited nonpublic school, or a 1 27 facility that is owned, rented, or leased by the school 1 28 district or accredited nonpublic school; on grounds that are 1 29 owned, rented, or leased by the school district or accredited 1 30 nonpublic school, including athletic fields and parking lots; 1 31 in a vehicle owned, leased, rented, contracted for, or 1 32 controlled by the school district or accredited nonpublic 1 33 school; and at school=sponsored or school=related indoor 1 34 events that are held off=campus. 1 35 LSB 2308HH 82 2 1 ak:nh/cf/24.2