The North Carolina House of Representatives has voted not to concur on changes made by the state Senate to remove a pandemic-era health exemption for public masking and enhance penalties for people who wear masks while committing a crime. It will now go to a team of negotiators to make changes.
Rep. Erin Pare, the only Republican who represents part of Wake County, asks the North Carolina House of Representatives not to concur on a bill that would remove a masking health exemption on the House floor in the Legislative Building on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. The bill, which also enhances penalties for people who wear a mask while committing a crime, will go to a conference committee to negotiate revisions.
“The right thing to do here is to add back the deleted provisions regarding medical masking and give the public clarity on the issue,” she wrote.GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer fundsDue to the GOP’s slim supermajority in both chambers, the party needs every Republican vote to secure the bill’s passage, or it could fail.
House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters after the vote that he understood why the Senate proposed its changes to the bill, but there was interest in the House to draft language to maintain health and safety protections for masking.repeatedly echoed concerns that immunocompromised people could be targeted for wearing a mask in public.
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