Post by Nadica (She/Her) on Jun 12, 2024 0:41:48 GMT
NC House sends changes to masking and campaign finance laws to Gov. Cooper Published June 11, 2024
Restrictions on masks, in a bill revised by legislative Republicans last week to include an unrelated, controversial campaign finance provision, are headed to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper after a final vote Tuesday. The bill, which was unveiled Thursday as a compromise between House and Senate Republicans, rewrites a provision in state law that allows people to wear masks in public for health and safety reasons, limiting it to only permit “medical and surgical grade” masks, and only for the purpose of “preventing the spread of contagious disease.” In addition to other provisions that target people who wear masks to hide their identity while committing crimes, and protests that block traffic or emergency vehicles, the bill was changed last week to include a slew of campaign finance changes that Democrats and election law experts say will allow more large-sum contributions from wealthy donors that are difficult to trace. Ahead of Tuesday’s floor vote in the House, lawmakers debated whether the changes to mask laws would allow people with health concerns to continue wearing masks to protect themselves, and why the campaign finance provisions were being passed through a bill concerning masks and protests.
Keywords: America, North Carolina, Mask Bill, Fascism
Restrictions on masks, in a bill revised by legislative Republicans last week to include an unrelated, controversial campaign finance provision, are headed to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper after a final vote Tuesday. The bill, which was unveiled Thursday as a compromise between House and Senate Republicans, rewrites a provision in state law that allows people to wear masks in public for health and safety reasons, limiting it to only permit “medical and surgical grade” masks, and only for the purpose of “preventing the spread of contagious disease.” In addition to other provisions that target people who wear masks to hide their identity while committing crimes, and protests that block traffic or emergency vehicles, the bill was changed last week to include a slew of campaign finance changes that Democrats and election law experts say will allow more large-sum contributions from wealthy donors that are difficult to trace. Ahead of Tuesday’s floor vote in the House, lawmakers debated whether the changes to mask laws would allow people with health concerns to continue wearing masks to protect themselves, and why the campaign finance provisions were being passed through a bill concerning masks and protests.
Keywords: America, North Carolina, Mask Bill, Fascism