House File 754 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 583)


    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 2308HV 82
  7 ak/cf/24

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  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 2308HV 82
  2  1 ak:nh/cf/24