103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3460

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Brad Stephens

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 82/5
410 ILCS 82/10
410 ILCS 82/15

    Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Finds that the act of consuming tobacco products by means of vaporization devices, or vaping, when carried out in public spaces, is intrusive and a potential danger to public health, especially in times of aerosol-borne infectious diseases. Defines "alternative nicotine product", "electronic cigarette", and "tobacco product". Provides that no person shall smoke tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products in a public place, a place of employment, or a governmental vehicle.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 82/5)
7    Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that tobacco
8smoke is a harmful and dangerous carcinogen to human beings
9and a hazard to public health. Secondhand tobacco smoke causes
10at least 65,000 deaths each year from heart disease and lung
11cancer according to the National Cancer Institute. Secondhand
12tobacco smoke causes heart disease, stroke, cancer, sudden
13infant death syndrome, low-birth-weight in infants, asthma and
14exacerbation of asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia in children
15and adults. Secondhand tobacco smoke is the third leading
16cause of preventable death in the United States. Illinois
17workers exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke are at increased
18risk of premature death. An estimated 2,900 Illinois citizens
19die each year from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.
20    The General Assembly also finds that the United States
21Surgeon General's 2006 report has determined that there is no
22risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke; the
23scientific evidence that secondhand smoke causes serious

 

 

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1diseases, including lung cancer, heart disease, and
2respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis and asthma, is
3massive and conclusive; separating smokers from nonsmokers,
4cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings cannot eliminate
5secondhand smoke exposure; smoke-free workplace policies are
6effective in reducing secondhand smoke exposure; and
7smoke-free workplace policies do not have an adverse economic
8impact on the hospitality industry.
9    The General Assembly also finds that the Environmental
10Protection Agency has determined that secondhand smoke cannot
11be reduced to safe levels in businesses by high rates of
12ventilation. Air cleaners, which are capable only of filtering
13the particulate matter and odors in smoke, do not eliminate
14the known toxins in secondhand smoke. The American Society of
15Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
16bases its ventilation standards on totally smoke-free
17environments because it cannot determine a safe level of
18exposure to secondhand smoke, which contains cancer-causing
19chemicals, and ASHRAE acknowledges that technology does not
20exist that can remove chemicals that cause cancer from the
21air. A June 30, 2005 ASHRAE position document on secondhand
22smoke concludes that, at present, the only means of
23eliminating health risks associated with indoor exposure is to
24eliminate all smoking activity indoors.
25    The General Assembly also finds that the act of consuming
26tobacco products by means of vaporization devices, or vaping,

 

 

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1when carried out in public spaces, is intrusive and a
2potential danger to public health, especially in times of
3aerosol-borne infectious diseases.
4(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
5    (410 ILCS 82/10)
6    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Alternative nicotine product" has the meaning provided in
8Section 1 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21
9Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products
10Act.
11    "Bar" means an establishment that is devoted to the
12serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on
13the premises and that derives no more than 10% of its gross
14revenue from the sale of food consumed on the premises. "Bar"
15includes, but is not limited to, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail
16lounges, adult entertainment facilities, and cabarets.
17    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
18    "Electronic cigarette" has the meaning provided in Section
191 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of
20Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act.
21    "Employee" means a person who is employed by an employer
22in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or
23profits or a person who volunteers his or her services for a
24non-profit entity.
25    "Employer" means a person, business, partnership,

 

 

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1association, or corporation, including a municipal
2corporation, trust, or non-profit entity, that employs the
3services of one or more individual persons.
4    "Enclosed area" means all space between a floor and a
5ceiling that is enclosed or partially enclosed with (i) solid
6walls or windows, exclusive of doorways, or (ii) solid walls
7with partitions and no windows, exclusive of doorways, that
8extend from the floor to the ceiling, including, without
9limitation, lobbies and corridors.
10    "Enclosed or partially enclosed sports arena" means any
11sports pavilion, stadium, gymnasium, health spa, boxing arena,
12swimming pool, roller rink, ice rink, bowling alley, or other
13similar place where members of the general public assemble to
14engage in physical exercise or participate in athletic
15competitions or recreational activities or to witness sports,
16cultural, recreational, or other events.
17    "Gaming equipment or supplies" means gaming
18equipment/supplies as defined in the Illinois Gaming Board
19Rules of the Illinois Administrative Code.
20    "Gaming facility" means an establishment utilized
21primarily for the purposes of gaming and where gaming
22equipment or supplies are operated for the purposes of
23accruing business revenue.
24    "Healthcare facility" means an office or institution
25providing care or treatment of diseases, whether physical,
26mental, or emotional, or other medical, physiological, or

 

 

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1psychological conditions, including, but not limited to,
2hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, weight control clinics,
3nursing homes, homes for the aging or chronically ill,
4laboratories, and offices of surgeons, chiropractors, physical
5therapists, physicians, dentists, and all specialists within
6these professions. "Healthcare facility" includes all waiting
7rooms, hallways, private rooms, semiprivate rooms, and wards
8within healthcare facilities.
9    "Place of employment" means any area under the control of
10a public or private employer that employees are required to
11enter, leave, or pass through during the course of employment,
12including, but not limited to entrances and exits to places of
13employment, including a minimum distance, as set forth in
14Section 70 of this Act, of 15 feet from entrances, exits,
15windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an
16enclosed area where smoking is prohibited; offices and work
17areas; restrooms; conference and classrooms; break rooms and
18cafeterias; and other common areas. A private residence or
19home-based business, unless used to provide licensed child
20care, foster care, adult care, or other similar social service
21care on the premises, is not a "place of employment", nor are
22enclosed laboratories, not open to the public, in an
23accredited university or government facility where the
24activity of smoking is exclusively conducted for the purpose
25of medical or scientific health-related research. Rulemaking
26authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General

 

 

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1Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in
2accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative
3Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint
4Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so
5adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
6    "Private club" means a not-for-profit association that (1)
7has been in active and continuous existence for at least 3
8years prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
995th General Assembly, whether incorporated or not, (2) is the
10owner, lessee, or occupant of a building or portion thereof
11used exclusively for club purposes at all times, (3) is
12operated solely for a recreational, fraternal, social,
13patriotic, political, benevolent, or athletic purpose, but not
14for pecuniary gain, and (4) only sells alcoholic beverages
15incidental to its operation. For purposes of this definition,
16"private club" means an organization that is managed by a
17board of directors, executive committee, or similar body
18chosen by the members at an annual meeting, has established
19bylaws, a constitution, or both to govern its activities, and
20has been granted an exemption from the payment of federal
21income tax as a club under 26 U.S.C. 501.
22    "Private residence" means the part of a structure used as
23a dwelling, including, without limitation: a private home,
24townhouse, condominium, apartment, mobile home, vacation home,
25cabin, or cottage. For the purposes of this definition, a
26hotel, motel, inn, resort, lodge, bed and breakfast or other

 

 

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1similar public accommodation, hospital, nursing home, or
2assisted living facility shall not be considered a private
3residence.
4    "Public place" means that portion of any building or
5vehicle used by and open to the public, regardless of whether
6the building or vehicle is owned in whole or in part by private
7persons or entities, the State of Illinois, or any other
8public entity and regardless of whether a fee is charged for
9admission, including a minimum distance, as set forth in
10Section 70 of this Act, of 15 feet from entrances, exits,
11windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an
12enclosed area where smoking is prohibited. A "public place"
13does not include a private residence unless the private
14residence is used to provide licensed child care, foster care,
15or other similar social service care on the premises. A
16"public place" includes, but is not limited to, hospitals,
17restaurants, retail stores, offices, commercial
18establishments, elevators, indoor theaters, libraries,
19museums, concert halls, public conveyances, educational
20facilities, nursing homes, auditoriums, enclosed or partially
21enclosed sports arenas, meeting rooms, schools, exhibition
22halls, convention facilities, polling places, private clubs,
23gaming facilities, all government owned vehicles and
24facilities, including buildings and vehicles owned, leased, or
25operated by the State or State subcontract, healthcare
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1service establishments, financial institutions, educational
2facilities, ticket areas, public hearing facilities, public
3restrooms, waiting areas, lobbies, bars, taverns, bowling
4alleys, skating rinks, reception areas, and no less than 75%
5of the sleeping quarters within a hotel, motel, resort, inn,
6lodge, bed and breakfast, or other similar public
7accommodation that are rented to guests, but excludes private
8residences.
9    "Restaurant" means (i) an eating establishment, including,
10but not limited to, coffee shops, cafeterias, sandwich stands,
11and private and public school cafeterias, that gives or offers
12for sale food to the public, guests, or employees, and (ii) a
13kitchen or catering facility in which food is prepared on the
14premises for serving elsewhere. "Restaurant" includes a bar
15area within the restaurant.
16    "Retail tobacco store" means a retail establishment that
17derives more than 80% of its gross revenue from the sale of
18loose tobacco, plants, or herbs and cigars, cigarettes, pipes,
19and other smoking devices for burning tobacco and related
20smoking accessories and in which the sale of other products is
21merely incidental. "Retail tobacco store" includes an enclosed
22workplace that manufactures, imports, or distributes tobacco
23or tobacco products, when, as a necessary and integral part of
24the process of making, manufacturing, importing, or
25distributing a tobacco product for the eventual retail sale of
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1smoked, or a lighted tobacco product is tested, provided that
2the involved business entity: (1) maintains a specially
3designated area or areas within the workplace for the purpose
4of the heating, burning, smoking, or lighting activities, and
5does not create a facility that permits smoking throughout;
6(2) satisfies the 80% requirement related to gross sales; and
7(3) delivers tobacco products to consumers, retail
8establishments, or other wholesale establishments as part of
9its business. "Retail tobacco store" does not include a
10tobacco department or section of a larger commercial
11establishment or any establishment with any type of liquor,
12food, or restaurant license. Rulemaking authority to implement
13this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is
14conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all
15provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and
16all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
17Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
18whatever reason, is unauthorized.
19    "Smoke" or "smoking" means the carrying, smoking, burning,
20inhaling, or exhaling of any kind of lighted pipe, cigar,
21cigarette, hookah, weed, herbs, or any other lighted smoking
22equipment. "Smoke" or "smoking" does not include smoking that
23is associated with a native recognized religious ceremony,
24ritual, or activity by American Indians that is in accordance
25with the federal American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 42
26U.S.C. 1996 and 1996a.

 

 

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1    "State agency" has the meaning formerly ascribed to it in
2subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Illinois Purchasing Act
3(now repealed).
4    "Tobacco product" has the meaning provided in Section 1 of
5the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age
6and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act.
7    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it
8in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of
91970.
10(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08; 95-1029, eff. 2-4-09;
1196-797, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
12    (410 ILCS 82/15)
13    Sec. 15. Smoking in public places, places of employment,
14and governmental vehicles prohibited. No person shall smoke in
15a public place or in any place of employment or within 15 feet
16of any entrance to a public place or place of employment. No
17person may smoke in any vehicle owned, leased, or operated by
18the State or a political subdivision of the State. An owner
19shall reasonably assure that smoking is prohibited in indoor
20public places and workplaces unless specifically exempted by
21Section 35 of this Act. This Section further applies to
22smoking tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, and
23alternative nicotine products in public places, a place of
24employment, and a governmental vehicle.
25(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08; 95-1029, eff. 2-4-09.)