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"Any state-level tobacco control legislation should contain language expressly allowing local government authority to take stronger measures if necessary. Local control should be viewed as a public health tool to be protected and encouraged."
Campaign for Tobacco-Free KidsActions Speak Louder than Words, 1996
Illinois
Illinois workplaces are 100% smokefree
All Illinois indoor public places and workplaces, including bars, restaurants,
private clubs and gaming facilities, are 100% smokefree as of January 1, 2008.
Read
Illinois' law.
To learn more, visit Smokefree
Illinois.
To file a complaint, call 866-973-4646 or use an
online form.
Since local control was restored in Illinois in January 2006, nearly 70 communities across the state have enacted 100% smokefree workplace laws. And 36 local laws were enacted in 2006 alone--the most laws passed in a single state in a given year in history!
Illinois law does not preempt the passage of local smokefree laws. Read
more about current tobacco-related legislation in Illinois.
Illinois' 2010 Legislative Session: January 5 - May 31, 2010 (est.)
Illinois Restored Local Control for Smokefree Workplace Policies
In 2005, Illinois repealed preemption and returned control to the local level by allowing home-rule municipalities to enact smokefree air laws. In 2006, preemption was fully repealed to allow all non-home-rule municipalities and counties to enact smokefree air laws.
Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2007.
Legislative SummariesArchives
- 2/13/2009HB1145—(smoking licenses)—An Act concerning liquor—Carried over to 2010
- 1/14/2010HB3175—(technical amendment)—An Act concerning health—Carried over to 2010
- 2/25/2009HB3176—(technical amendment)—An Act concerning health—Carried over to 2010
- 1/14/2010HB3177—(technical amendment)—An Act concerning health—Carried over to 2010
- 1/14/2010HB3542—(technical amendment)—An Act concerning health—Carried over to 2010
- 2/19/2010HB5524—(enforcement change)—A bill concerning public health—Referred to Rules Committee
- 2/19/2010HB5997—(preemptive)—An Act concerning health—Tabled By Sponsor
- 2/19/2010HB6158—(religious exemption)—A bill concerning public health—Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- 2/23/2009HB889—(vehicles with minors)—An Act concerning transportation—Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- 2/23/2009SB1836—(theatrical exemption)—An Act concerning public health—Carried over to 2010
- 1/14/2010SB2263—(complaint requirement)—An concerning health—Carried over to 2010
- 2/23/2009SB2314—(technical amendment)—AN ACT concerning health—Carried over to 2010
- 3/18/2010SB3174—(electronic cigarettes)—An Act concerning criminal law—Passed Senate, in House Rules Committee
- 4/16/2010SB3591—(enforcement change)—A bill concerning public health—Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established as May 7
- 2/13/2009SB851—(removes nursing home exemption)—AN ACT concerning health—Signed by Governor
Action AlertsArchives
- 8/13/2010Preemption Watch Bill Tracking Summary
- 5/19/2010What's happening in the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths?
News SummariesArchives
- 2/5/2010State Preemption of Local Smoke-Free Laws in Government Work Sites, Private Work Sites, and Restaurants United States, 2005-2009
- 10/28/2009House passes smoking-ban exemption
- 1/13/2009Smoking ban enforcement measure passes Illinois House
- 10/29/2008Two judges rule differently on Illinois smoking ban
- 4/17/2008Senate rejects smoking exemption for casinos
- 2/21/2008Smoking ban amendments voted down
- 1/23/2008Proposal dredges smoking from the ashes
