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HB 880PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billdead

Did Not Advance

Pennsylvania House Bill 880 Updates Clean Indoor Air Act to Include E-Cigarettes and Expand Local Authority

Original title: An Act amending the act of June 13, 2008 (P.L.182, No.27), known as the Clean Indoor Air Act, further providing for title of act, for definitions, for prohibition, for signage, for enforcement, for preemption of local ordinances and for repeal; and making editorial changes.

Last action · September 30, 2025: Laid on the table, Sept. 30, 2025Sponsors: Dan Frankel and 24 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Pennsylvania House Bill 880 updates the Clean Indoor Air Act to prohibit the use of s and marijuana in public places, removes exemptions for drinking establishments and gaming floors, and allows local municipalities to enact stricter smoking ordinances.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Workers and patrons in drinking establishments and gaming floors

Smoking exemptions for bars and casinos are removed, extending indoor smoking prohibitions to these previously excepted venues.

Directly affected

Private clubs

Clubs must conduct periodic member votes and report results to the Department of Health within specified dates to maintain smoking exceptions.

Directly affected

Local municipalities

Local governments gain explicit authority to enact and enforce smoking rules that exceed minimum state standards.

Key Facts

The definition of smoking is expanded to include inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying lighted or heated tobacco, plant products like marijuana, and electronic smoking devices creating an aerosol or vapor.
Exemptions from the smoking ban for drinking establishments and gaming floors are eliminated.
Private clubs must conduct a member vote between September 15 and November 15 of each odd-numbered year starting in 2025 and submit results to the Department of Health by December 15 to maintain a smoking exception.
If a private club fails to hold or submit the required smoking vote, smoking is prohibited in its facilities for the subsequent two-year period.

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Local municipalities are granted explicit authority to adopt and enforce rules or ordinances exceeding the minimum applicable standards of the Clean Indoor Air Act.
The requirement that private clubs have been in continuous existence for 10 years is increased to 25 years to qualify for exceptions.
Bus shelters, playgrounds, parks, and areas within 20 feet of a public entrance are added to the definition of a public place.
Information submitted to the Department of Health or county boards to verify exemptions is removed from confidentiality protections under the Right-to-Know Law.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this bill ban vaping in indoor public places?

Yes. The bill updates the definition of smoking to explicitly include s that create an aerosol or vapor.

Can local cities and towns pass stricter smoking bans than the state law?

Yes. The bill repeals state , allowing local political subdivisions to adopt and enforce rules and ordinances that exceed the minimum standards of the Clean Indoor Air Act.

Are bars and casino gaming floors still exempt from the smoking ban?

No. The bill removes the statutory exceptions previously provided for drinking establishments and gaming floors.

What must private clubs do to permit smoking on their premises?

Beginning January 1, 2026, s must take and record a vote of members in good standing between September 15 and November 15 of each odd-numbered year and submit the results to the Department of Health by December 15.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.

Procedural history

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Sep 30, 2025House
Laid on the table, Sept. 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, Sept. 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025House
Reported as amended, Sept. 30, 2025
Apr 1, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to HEALTH, April 1, 2025

Version history & redline

2 versions on file

Comparing Printer's No. 1193 → Printer's No. 2375

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1193 PRINTER'S NO. 2375 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 880 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, VENKAT, HOWARD, WAXMAN, MAYES, MADDEN, GIRAL, SAPPEY, BOROWSKI, SANCHEZ, D. WILLIAMS, KHAN, STEELE, BELLMON, DOUGHERTY, DONAHUE, KRAJEWSKI AND KRAJEWSKI, GREEN, SMITH-WADE-EL, DALEY, BRIGGS AND SCOTT, APRIL 1, 2025 REFERRED TO AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 1, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of June 13, 2008 (P.L.182, No.27), entitled "An act regulating smoking in this Commonwealth; imposing powers and duties […] the Department of Health and local boards of health; providing penalties; [preempting local action;] and making [a related repeal] related repeals. Section 2. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this act shall <-- the even-numbered year following the vote until December

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Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift98% confidence

Reversal of State Preemption on Smoking Regulations

The legislation shifts authority back to local municipalities by repealing statewide preemption, enabling local governments to enact stricter smoking ordinances than state law.

General Assembly

Connected Entities

Carol Hill-Evans, La'Tasha Mayes, Department of Revenue and 11 more

PersonCarol Hill-Evans“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

PersonLa'Tasha Mayes“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Revenue“Commonwealth department receiving sales tax and revenue documentation for except”Map →

PersonLisa Borowski“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

PersonChristina Sappey“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

PersonDan Frankel“Primary sponsor of House Bill 880 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.”Map →

PersonBen Waxman“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

OrganizationLegislative Reference Bureau“Receives notices from the Department of Health for publication in the Pennsylvan”Map →

PersonBob Freeman“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Health“Commonwealth department responsible for enforcing and receiving reports under th”Map →

PersonKristine Howard“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

PersonMaureen Madden“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

PersonJosé Giral“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

PersonArvind Venkat“Co-sponsor of House Bill 880.”Map →

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What This Bill Proposed

Who It Would Have Affected

Key Facts

Frequently Asked Questions

News Coverage

Where This Stands

Procedural history

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Lobbying Activity

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Related Legislation

Pennsylvania House Bill 834 requires monthly online posting of agency spending records and quarterly Auditor General affirmations

Pennsylvania House Bill 380 simplifies and trims the Liquor Code's definition of eligible entities

House Bill 216 updates penalties and expands prohibited acts under the Human Services Code for medical assistance fraud

Alabama Adds Vaping to Public Smoking Ban and Renames Clean Indoor Air Act

Discoveries

Reversal of State Preemption on Smoking Regulations

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