State Status
Any Preemption
Legislative Summary
HB269 - DIED A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia, relating to smoking in restaurants.
This bill amends Virginia’s preemptive state law to allow Gloucester County to regulate smoking in restaurants.
Preemptive Action
Yes
Anti-Preemptive Clause
No
EXEMPTIONS: The bill does not address the right to regulate smoking by any county other than Gloucester County. This bill creates an exception to the preemptive law rather than repealing preemption.
