Key Votes
HB 31 - Statewide Indoor Smoking Ban - Key Vote
Wyoming Key Votes
Stages
Family
- HB 31 - Statewide Indoor Smoking Ban
- Amdt 2001 to HB 31 - Exempting 21+ Establishments from Smoking Ban
- Amdt 2002 to HB 31 - Allowing Counties and Municipalities to Opt Out of Smoking Ban
Issues
- Business and Consumers
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Health and Health Care
- Federal, State and Local Relations
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (31-29) - Feb. 3, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Statewide Indoor Smoking Ban
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits smoking in enclosed public places beginning July 1, 2009, and provides for exemptions.
Highlights:
- Defines "enclosed public place" as a place of work or an indoor area, room, or vehicle which members of the public are allowed to enter, including but not limited to (Sec. 1):
- - Restaurants and alcoholic beverage establishments that do not exclude individuals under the age of twenty one;
- Stores;
- Public buildings and offices;
- Trains, buses, and other forms of public transportation;
- Health care facilities;
- Auditoriums, arenas, and assembly facilities;
- Meeting rooms open to the public;
- Facilities of the University of Wyoming, community colleges, and private colleges; and
- Public and private school facilities.
- - Restaurants or alcoholic beverage establishments that exclude individuals under the age of twenty-one;
- Designated hotel and motel rooms;
- Private motor vehicles;
- American Indian reservation sites that are used for cultural activities in accordance with the Federal American Indian Religious Freedom Act;
- Retail businesses that derive greater than 75 percent of their gross income from the sale of tobacco products;
- Private offices where customers or clients are invited but not the general public in the regular course of business; and
- Private residences that are not used as a child or health care facility.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 13, 2009
Title: Statewide Indoor Smoking Ban
Committee Sponsors
- Labor, Health and Social Services (Sponsor)
