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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 153<\/a> and 154<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":348145,"section_number":"15.2-2828","catch_line":"Ordinances regulating smoking generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2828\/"},{"id":348148,"section_number":"15.2-2831","catch_line":"Other ordinances not authorized","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2831\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":348141,"section_number":"15.2-2824","catch_line":"Prohibitions on smoking generally; penalty for violation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2824\/"},{"id":348142,"section_number":"15.2-2825","catch_line":"Smoking in restaurants prohibited; exceptions; posting of signs; penalty for violation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2825\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1383339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348146,"identifier":"15.2-2829","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2829","url":"\/15.2-2829\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2829\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/3\/15.2-2829","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mandatory provisions of ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2829","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If an ordinance<\/span> is enacted by a locality<\/span> in accordance with this chapter, it shall provide that it is unlawful for any person to smoke<\/span> in any of the following places:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Common areas in an educational facility<\/span>, including but not limited to, classrooms, hallways, auditoriums, and public meeting rooms; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> School buses and public conveyances<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any of the places governed by § 15.2-2824<\/a> or 15.2-2825<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANDATORY PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES (\u00a7 15.2-2829)\n\nIf an ordinance is enacted by a locality in accordance with this chapter, it\nshall provide that it is unlawful for any person to smoke in any of the\nfollowing places:\n\n1. Common areas in an educational facility, including but not limited to,\nclassrooms, hallways, auditoriums, and public meeting rooms;\n\n2. School buses and public conveyances; and\n\n3. Any of the places governed by § 15.2-2824 or 15.2-2825.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 153, 154.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}