Bill Text: VA HB489 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled


Bill Title: Va. Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibitions on smoking in satellite facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB489 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB489-Prefiled.html
20100897D
HOUSE BILL NO. 489
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 3, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact §15.2-2824 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibitions on smoking; satellite facilities.
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Patron-- Marshall (By Request)
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §15.2-2824 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§15.2-2824. Prohibitions on smoking generally; penalty for violation.

A. Smoking shall be prohibited in (i) elevators, regardless of capacity, except in any open material hoist elevator not intended for use by the general public; (ii) public school buses; (iii) the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; (iv) hospital emergency rooms; (v) local or district health departments; (vi) polling rooms; (vii) indoor service lines and cashier lines; (viii) public restrooms in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; (ix) the interior of a child day center licensed pursuant to §63.2-1701 that is not also used for residential purposes; however, this prohibition shall not apply to any area of a building not utilized by a child day center, unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter; and (x) public restrooms of health care facilities; and (xi) satellite facilities, as defined in §59.1-365.

B. No person shall smoke in any area or place specified in subsection A and any person who continues to smoke in such area or place after having been asked to refrain from smoking shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25.

C. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the Virginia Health Care Fund established under §32.1-366.

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