JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Missouri legislator wants to restrict municipalities from limiting smoking in establishments that receive at last 60% of retail sales from alcohol, entertainment or tobacco, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Rep. Melissa Leach??s bill would allow places like casinos, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, bingo halls, movie theaters and bars to have exemptions from smoking bans. Most restaurants would probably have to be smoke-free. Her bill would also outlaw electronic cigarette bans.

The House Small Business Committee heard the bill yesterday, which needs the committee??s approval to go before the full House. Leach said her proposal was designed to give more say to businesses. "Smoking would be left up to the business owner, not the local government," she said.

In her hometown of Springfield, voters approved a smoking ban in 2011, although a repeal of that ban is on the June ballot. Leach said several businesses had to close since the ban went into effect. "We have a couple bars just hanging on," she said. "It??s a job killer."

Rep. Kathie Conway, who co-sponsored the bill, said, "What it does is give restaurant and bar owners a little more control over their property and businesses."