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Senate narrows smoking exemptions, keeps ventilated enclosed areas but bars smoking in airport lounges; HB50 passes
Summary
After a divided-floor battle over airport lounges and enclosed smoking areas, the Utah Senate passed House Bill 50, removing an exemption for airport lounges while allowing enclosed, separately ventilated smoking areas with no food service; final passage was 20–8.
The Utah Senate voted to pass House Bill 50 on Feb. 28, 1994, after hours of floor debate over whether airport lounges should be exempted from a new statewide public‑smoking restriction. The chamber adopted amendments limiting a restored exemption to enclosed, glassed‑in smoking areas with separate ventilation and no food service, and rejected language that would permit smoking in airport lounges open to the public.
Supporters of the amendment to allow separate enclosed smoking areas argued those spaces are ventilated to the outside and used only by smokers.…
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