State Status
No Preemption
Legislative Summary
SB659 - (tobacco bars) - An Act relating to Health and Safety - Session Adjourned
This bill would weaken the current state law by allowing bars and restaurants to allow smoking if they obtain a special license which would be issued by the city or town for a five hundred dollar fee. This act would require employees of the establishment to sign an acknowledgment that smoking is hazardous to their health.
Preemptive Action
No
Anti-Preemptive Clause
No