A reworked version of a bill that originally caught flak for removing a pandemic-era health exemption for wearing a mask in public has been approved by North Carolina lawmakers. The amended bill approved Tuesday still increases punishments for people wearing masks while committing a crime.
State ep. John Torbett, a Gaston County Republican, outlines the changes made to a North Carolina bill that previously removed a public masking health exemption on the state House floor at the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Torbett is a sponsor of the bill, which underwent modifications during negotiations by Senate and House Republicans.
that allows people to wear “medical or surgical grade masks” to prevent spreading illnesses. It also allows law enforcement and property owners to ask someone to temporarily remove their mask for identification. The bill would allow 527s — a special kind of political organization named after its location within the IRS code — and other federal committees to donate money to state political party committees that come from accounts through which the 527s and federal committees can receive unlimited contributions from individuals.that affirmed campaign giving limits had hamstrung groups like the Republican Governors Association from helping the state GOP. Iredell County Republican Rep.
“It is imperative on the people that we are able to exercise our right to peacefully protest,” said Dawn Blagrove, executive director of criminal justice organization Emancipate NC.
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