House File 379 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the elimination of the exemption of gaming
2floors from the prohibitions of the smokefree air Act.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1   Section 1.  Section 142D.4, subsection 10, Code 2019, is
2amended by striking the subsection.
3EXPLANATION
4The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
5the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   6This bill eliminates the exception under the smokefree air
7Act (Code chapter 142D), allowing smoking on the gaming floors
8of the premises licensed pursuant to Code chapter 99F (gambling
9structures, excursion gambling boats, and racetracks). The
10bill thereby subjects the entirety of these premises to the
11smoking prohibitions of the Act.
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