House File 187 - Introduced



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  PETERSEN, ABDUL=SAMAD, REICHERT,
                                        JOCHUM, WISE, KUHN, WINCKLER,
                                        LENSING, and SWAIM


    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 1162YH 82
  4 pf/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 142B.6, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph.
  1  3    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  142B.7  LOCAL REGULATION OF SMOKING.
  1  4    1.  A city, county, or local board of health may provide
  1  5 for the enforcement, by ordinance or rule, of standards or
  1  6 requirements that are higher or more stringent than those
  1  7 imposed under this chapter.
  1  8    2.  An ordinance or rule adopted under subsection 1 may
  1  9 specifically include but is not limited to any of the
  1 10 following:
  1 11    a.  An ordinance or rule that eliminates or limits the
  1 12 exemptions specified in section 142B.2, subsection 1.
  1 13    b.  An ordinance or rule that prohibits the designation of
  1 14 smoking areas notwithstanding section 142B.2, subsection 2.
  1 15    c.  An ordinance or rule that eliminates or limits the
  1 16 exemption in section 142B.2, subsection 2, relating to a
  1 17 public place consisting of a single room or a bar.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill provides that a city, county, or local board of
  1 20 health may adopt an ordinance or rule to provide for the
  1 21 enforcement of standards and requirements that are higher or
  1 22 more stringent than those imposed under Code chapter 142B
  1 23 (smoking prohibitions).
  1 24    The bill provides that an ordinance or rule may
  1 25 specifically:  eliminate or limit the exemptions relating to
  1 26 designation of a smoking area or the application of
  1 27 designation of a smoking area to an entire room or hall that
  1 28 is used for a private social function, or to factories,
  1 29 warehouses, or similar places of work not usually frequented
  1 30 by the general public; prohibit the designation of a smoking
  1 31 area; or eliminate or limit the provisions allowing for
  1 32 exemptions for a single room or a bar.
  1 33    The bill also eliminates the provision relating to
  1 34 enforcement of the smoking prohibitions Code chapter in an
  1 35 equitable and uniform manner throughout the state.
  2  1 LSB 1162YH 82
  2  2 pf:nh/sh/8