Amend CSHB 9 (committee printing) on page 7, between lines 15 and 16, by inserting the following: Sec. 169.0046. CONTRACTOR PREFERENCES. An employer in control of a place of employment subject to this chapter may not award a contract, including contracts and contracts for services related to contracts under Chapter 2166, Government Code, to a proposed contractor unless the contractor offers to the contractor's employees a smoking cessation program to assist employees who smoke.