Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 4, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 257
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 21, 2021. On January 26, 2021 it recommended passage.
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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2355 Relating to smoking by members at the Iowa veterans home88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
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