State Status
No Preemption
Legislative Summary
HB290 - (smoking room exemption and preemptive) - An Act relating to political subdivisions - House Committee Substitute passed - Session Adjourned
The House Committee Substitute to this bill would allow the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control to issue a permit for a smoking section to businesses that declare they face hardship from a local smokefree law, and would preempt any local government from requiring that these businesses be smokefree.
Preemptive Action
YES
Anti-Preemptive Clause
No