Relating to smoking by members at the Iowa veterans home

Sponsored by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

Topics:Veterans & military

Same legislation: SSB 3177

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 20, 2020
Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to smoking at the Iowa veterans home. Under Code chapter 142D (Smokefree Air Act), the Iowa veterans home (home) is exempt from the prohibitions against smoking in public places, places of employment, and outdoor areas. The bill directs the commission of veterans affairs to adopt administrative rules relating to smoking as applicable to members of the home. The rules shall provide that smoking accommodations shall be subject to reasonable restrictions as designated by the commission with regard to the times when and the places where smoking is permitted.

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Specifically, the rules shall provide that a member shall be permitted to smoke only in posted areas where proper facilities are provided; that the home shall provide proper facilities at times and in places that reasonably accommodate smoking by members; that smoking by a member determined to be careless shall be prohibited except when the member is under direct supervision, and that the home shall provide such supervision at times and in places that reasonably accommodate such members; and that smoking shall be prohibited in member bedrooms and in all rooms where oxygen is being administered or where oxygen is being stored.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 13, 2020 (as SSB 3177). On February 18, 2020 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§35D.3

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Lobbying

1 for · 5 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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Study bill

SSB 3177Renumbered

88th General Assembly

SF 2355Cleared committeefrom SSB 3177

Picked up later

SF 257Cleared committee89th GA

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SF 257 Relating to smoking by members at the Iowa veterans home
89th General Assembly · Approved by committee
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