House File 461 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  RANTS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to an exemption for theatrical performances from
  2    the smokefree air Act.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1730HH 83
  5 pf/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 142D.4, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  A stage or performance area of a
  1  4 theater when used by an actor during a theatrical production
  1  5 only if smoking is integral to the work and the character
  1  6 being portrayed, the artistic integrity of the performance
  1  7 makes it appropriate for the actor to smoke, and if the
  1  8 members of the public attending the performance are notified
  1  9 in advance that smoking will take place during the performance
  1 10 and the notice is also included in the performance program.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill exempts from the prohibition against smoking
  1 13 under the smokefree air Act a stage or performance area of a
  1 14 theater when used by an actor during a theatrical production.
  1 15 The exemption only applies if smoking is integral to the work
  1 16 and the character being portrayed, the artistic integrity of
  1 17 the performance makes it appropriate for the actor to smoke,
  1 18 and if the members of the public attending the performance are
  1 19 notified in advance and in the performance program that
  1 20 smoking will take place during the performance.
  1 21 LSB 1730HH 83
  1 22 pf/rj/5