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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64439</law_id><section_number>15.2-2829</section_number><catch_line>Mandatory provisions of ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2828</reference><reference>15.2-2831</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Regulation of Smoking</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> is enacted by a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> in accordance with this chapter, it shall provide that it is unlawful for any person to <span class="dictionary">smoke</span> in any of the following places:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Common areas in an <span class="dictionary">educational facility</span>, including but not limited to, classrooms, hallways, auditoriums, and public meeting rooms; <a id="paragraph-234493" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2829/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> School buses and <span class="dictionary">public conveyances</span>; and <a id="paragraph-234494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2829/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any of the places governed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Prohibitions on smoking generally; penalty for violation" href="/15.2-2824/">15.2-2824</a> or <a class="law" title="Smoking in restaurants prohibited; exceptions; posting of signs; penalty for violation" href="/15.2-2825/">15.2-2825</a>. <a id="paragraph-234495" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2829/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, cc. 153, 154.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
