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Senate advances third-substitute HB 245 to extend Utah Indoor Clean Air Act to e-cigarettes, grandfather hookah bars for five years
Summary
The Senate advanced third-substitute House Bill 245 to the third-reading calendar after debate that would bring e-cigarettes under the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act and grandfather existing hookah establishments for a five‑year sunset; the measure passed a roll-call motion 26–0 (3 absent).
The Utah Senate advanced third-substitute House Bill 245, moving the measure to the third-reading calendar after a floor presentation and roll-call vote.
Presiding senator (identified in the transcript as President Wallops) told colleagues the measure would bring e-cigarettes under the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act while grandfathering a small number of existing hookah establishments for a five-year period to allow evaluation of the exemption. "It says that they fall…
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