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Senate passes statewide smoking restrictions after hours of amendments and debate
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28, 1994, approved House Bill 50, a package of statewide smoking restrictions, after extended floor debate and multiple failed amendments; the final roll-call vote was 22 ayes, 6 nays and 1 absent. Lawmakers split on exemptions for airports and truck stops and on the bill’s effective date.
The Utah State Senate passed House Bill 50 on Feb. 28, 1994, approving a wide-ranging set of restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces. The measure cleared the chamber on a recorded vote of 22 ayes, 6 nays and 1 absent and was sent to the House for its further action.
Supporters framed the bill as a public-health step to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke. Opponents pressed a string of amendments seeking targeted exemptions and accommodations — including provisions for separately ventilated smoking rooms, exemptions for truck stops and a delayed effective date — but most of those proposals failed on the floor. The Senate…
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