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A1107 • 2026

Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of indoor public places or workplaces.

Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of indoor public places or workplaces.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Danielsen, Joe
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of indoor public places or workplaces.

Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of indoor public places or workplaces.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of indoor public places or workplaces.
  • Topic: Health Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of indoor public places or workplaces.
Topic:
Health
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1107

ASSEMBLY, No. 1107

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits smoking within 20 feet of areas outside of
indoor public places or workplaces.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning smoking and amending P.L.2005, c.383.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 4 of P.L.2005,
c.383 (C.26:3D-58) is amended to read as follows:

���� 4.��� a. Smoking is prohibited
in an indoor public place or workplace
, or within a distance of 20 feet from
the exterior of any building which is an indoor public place or workplace
,
except as otherwise provided in this act.

���� b.��� Smoking is prohibited in
any area of any building of, or on the grounds of, any public or nonpublic
elementary or secondary school, regardless of whether the area is an indoor
public place or is outdoors.

(cf: P.L.2005, c.383, s.4)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would amend the
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act," to prohibit smoking within a
distance of 20 feet from the exterior of any building which is an indoor public
place or workplace, unless the establishment qualifies for an exception to the
law, as in the case of tobacco retail establishments, tobacco businesses,
casinos, and certain cigar bars and cigar lounges.

���� Currently, the "New
Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act," P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-55 et seq.),
prohibits smoking in an indoor public place or workplace that is not exempted
under the law and in any area of any building of, or on the grounds of, a
public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school.� The law does not prohibit
smoking in any area outside of an indoor public place or workplace, nor does it
specify a distance from any area outside of an indoor public place or workplace
where smoking is prohibited.