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SSB 3052
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: HSB 627
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 16, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- 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 amends the smokefree air Act (Code chapter 142D). The bill amends the findings and purposes of the Code chapter to include vapor products as well as environmental tobacco smoke. _____ places of employment, and outdoor areas, also applicable to vapor products. Applicable penalties include: for a person who violates the Code chapter by smoking in an area where smoking is prohibited, a scheduled fine of $50 which is a civil penalty; for a person who owns, operates, manages, or otherwise has custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place, or outdoor area regulated under the bill and who fails to comply with the Code chapter, for a first violation, a civil monetary penalty not to exceed $100, for a second violation within one year, a civil monetary penalty not to exceed $200, and for each violation in excess of a second violation within one year, a civil monetary penalty not to exceed $500 for each additional violation; for an employer who discharges or in any manner discriminates against an employee because the employee has made a complaint or has provided information or instituted a legal action under the bill, a civil penalty of not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000 for each violation.
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In addition, a violation of the bill by a person who owns, operates, manages, or who otherwise has custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place, or outdoor area may result in the suspension or revocation of any permit or license issued to the person for the premises on which the violation occurred; and a violation of the bill constitutes a public nuisance which may be abated by the department of public health or the department’s designee by restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, or other means provided by law, and the entity abating the public nuisance may take action to recover the costs of such abatement.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 16, 2020. On January 21, 2020 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
18 for · 1 against · 15 undecided · Who →
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