House File 358 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KAUFMANN and WAGNER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to equal treatment of bars and gaming floors
  2    under the smokefree air Act.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2160YH 83
  5 pf/rj/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 142D.4, subsection 10, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1  3 thereof the following:
  1  4    10.  Both of the following as long as any prohibition
  1  5 against smoking or exemption from the prohibition against
  1  6 smoking under this chapter applies equally to both of the
  1  7 locations specified:
  1  8    a.  Only the gaming floor of a premises licensed pursuant
  1  9 to chapter 99F exclusive of any restaurant located within the
  1 10 gaming floor which is an enclosed area and subject to the
  1 11 prohibitions of section 142D.3.
  1 12    b.  Bars.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill relates to exemptions under the smokefree air Act
  1 15 (Code chapter 142D).  Under current law, gaming floors, not
  1 16 including any enclosed bar or restaurant on the gaming floors,
  1 17 are exempt from the prohibition against smoking.  Under
  1 18 current law, bars are subject to the prohibition against
  1 19 smoking.  Under the bill, bars are exempt from the
  1 20 prohibitions against smoking with the caveat that any
  1 21 prohibition against smoking or exemption from the prohibition
  1 22 against smoking under the Act applies equally to both gaming
  1 23 floors and bars.  The bill also makes a conforming change to
  1 24 the existing exemption for gaming floors consistent with the
  1 25 exemption for bars under the bill.
  1 26 LSB 2160YH 83
  1 27 pf/rj/14.2