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House rejects bill letting condo associations ban secondhand smoke in units
Summary
The House debated a bill (second substitute SB49) that would let condominium associations prohibit tobacco use that drifts between units and create a nuisance-based cause of action; after extended, often emotional debate about private-property rights, enforceability and health harms, the measure failed 23–43.
Second substitute Senate Bill 49, carried to the House from the Senate by Sen. Wayne Beatty, would have allowed condominium associations to adopt restrictions on tobacco use where smoke drifts into another resident’s unit and to treat repeated drifting smoke as a nuisance giving rise to legal action.
Supporters framed the bill as a public-health protection. The House sponsor said the bill "is one of the most significant health issues that this body has faced," adding it would "protect people in their most precious abode" and give renters…
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