Earlier in the day, House members essentially gutted SB19 and replaced it with a bill that would have banned smoking in lines for ATMs and at playgrounds while continuing to allow Elks Club and Port O'Call private club members to light up.

Hours later, that legislation was abandoned.

"I think I've been rolled," said Clearfield Republican Rep. Curt Oda after a conference committee restored the original language. During House debate, Oda substituted his own legislation for Taylorsville Republican Sen. Mike Waddoups' original bill.

As originally written, SB19 would require taverns, private clubs and fraternal organizations to comply with the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act that bans smoking in most public buildings and private workplaces. House members tinkered with that bill to bar smoking in lines where people are waiting for a service, in private schools and on playgrounds. But they allowed an exemption for fraternal organizations, private clubs and country clubs.

The changes set Utah House and Senate members at odds and included an $800,000 price tag for increased enforcement. With state resources increasingly carved up, legislators decided to compromise.

Under lawmakers' agreed-upon language, Utahns still could smoke at playgrounds and waiting in line to buy concert tickets. But smoky bars would be a thing of the past.

Lawmakers argued passionately for competing rights during debate Tuesday.

Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas, said lawmakers would be infringing on private property rights if they voted for the bill. "There are higher laws - in both spiritual laws and what we are contemplating today, " he said. "When you destroy the rights of property owners, what goes next?"

Clearfield Republican Rep. Paul Ray, however, told of his stolen childhood - the result of a congenital heart defect caused by his mother's second-hand smoke inhalation while she was pregnant with him. He was hospitalized in 4th grade, 8th grade and at 16 years old, when he spent 45 days in intensive care.

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Tribune reporter Matt Canham contributed to this story.

About SB19

If it gets final approval, SB19 would

ban smoking in:

* Taverns

* Private clubs

* Country clubs

* Private schools

* Child care centers

* Fraternal clubs

Exempted from the ban are:

* Existing private clubs, taverns until 2009

Compromise on Rights