House File 261 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY FOEGE and SCHICKEL Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to state and local regulation of smoking. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1643YH 81 4 pf/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 142B.6, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1 2 2005, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph. 1 3 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 142B.6A LOCAL REGULATION OF 1 4 SMOKING. 1 5 1. A city, county, or local board of health may provide 1 6 for the enforcement, by ordinance or rule, of standards or 1 7 requirements that are higher or more stringent than those 1 8 imposed under this chapter. 1 9 2. An ordinance or rule adopted under subsection 1 may 1 10 specifically include, but is not limited to, any of the 1 11 following: 1 12 a. An ordinance or rule that eliminates or limits the 1 13 exemptions specified in section 142B.2, subsection 1. 1 14 b. An ordinance or rule that prohibits the designation of 1 15 smoking areas notwithstanding section 142B.2, subsection 2. 1 16 c. A ordinance or rule that eliminates or limits the 1 17 exemption in section 142B.2, subsection 2, relating to a 1 18 public place consisting of a single room or a bar. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill provides that a city, county, or local board of 1 21 health may adopt an ordinance or rule to provide for the 1 22 enforcement of standards and requirements that are higher or 1 23 more stringent than those imposed under Code chapter 142B 1 24 (smoking prohibitions). 1 25 The bill provides that an ordinance or rule may 1 26 specifically: eliminate or limit the exemptions relating to 1 27 designation of a smoking area or the application of 1 28 designation of a smoking area to an entire room or hall that 1 29 is used for a private social function, or to factories, 1 30 warehouses, or similar places of work not usually frequented 1 31 by the general public; prohibit the designation of a smoking 1 32 area; or eliminate or limit the provisions allowing for 1 33 exemptions for a single room or a bar. 1 34 The bill also eliminates the provision relating to 1 35 enforcement of the smoking prohibitions Code chapter in an 2 1 equitable and uniform manner throughout the state. 2 2 LSB 1643YH 81 2 3 pf:nh/sh/8