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
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.
