State Status
Any Preemption
Legislative Summary
HB0122—(restore local control)—An Act relative to exceptions to state law preemption in certain health-related areas—Carry over to 2018
This bill partially repeals the state's preemption language to allow local governments, airports, and utility districts to regulate the use and possession of tobacco products in all public places, places of employment, and parks within the entity's jurisdiction as long as the regulations are more stringent than those in effect under state law.
Preemptive Action
No
Anti-Preemptive Clause
Yes