Senators in a subcommittee Monday rejected a bill that would have enforced clean air act protections on casino floors.
Sen. Tony Bisignano, D-Des Moines, did not vote in favor of the bill, but made a “promise” that a reversal of the exemption would happen “relatively soon.”
Senate File 2051 would have eliminated an exemption in the Iowa Smokefree Air Act that allows smoking in gambling structures, excursion gambling boats, and racetracks.
Bisignano, who said he “participates” in casino activities and also serves on the board of directors for Prairie Meadows casino in Des Moines, said “smoking is bad” and that it was an “absurdity” to leave casinos out of the original clean air act.
