Smoking in Public Places

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Smoking in Public Places; Defining the term “public place”; revising the definition of the terms “smoking” and “vape” or “vaping”; prohibiting smoking or vaping a marijuana product in public places in this state, with exceptions, etc.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Dec 19, 2025SenateFiled
2. Jan 7, 2026CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Jan 15, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
5. Jan 20, 2026CommitteeFavorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries7–0 vote
6. Jan 21, 2026CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
7. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.

• Joe GrutersR Primary sponsor · District 22