Bill > HB1040

This bill expands Georgia's existing smoke-free air laws by prohibiting smoking not only inside state and local government buildings and enclosed public places, but also within a 25-foot radius of their entrances and perimeters. The bill also revises exemptions to these smoking bans, removing specific exemptions for long-term care facilities and certain healthcare facility rooms, and designating them as "Reserved," meaning they will now be subject to the general smoking prohibitions unless specifically re-addressed. Additionally, it modifies the requirements for designated employee smoking areas in workplaces, ensuring that air from these areas is exhausted directly outside and not recirculated into other parts of the building, and clarifies that these workplace exemptions do not apply to restaurants and bars.

Health and Social Services

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72370