State Status
Any Preemption
Legislative Summary
HB279—(cigar bar exemption)—An Act relative to cigarette smoking and the sale of food in cigar bars—Died on Table
This bill was amended to replace the prior bill with a new bill that would expand the exemption for cigar bars to allow cigarette smoking in them, and prohibit the sale of food. The original bill would have repealed most provisions of the state’s smokefree air law, under the guise of private property rights, by allowing smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, grocery stores, and privately owned public conveyances.
Preemptive Action
No
Anti-Preemptive Clause
No
