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Committee advances bill to bar government mask mandates after hours of testimony
Summary
House Bill 32, a measure that would prohibit government officials from requiring masks for disease control in most circumstances, received extensive public testimony for and against it and was sent to the House floor by a 13–2 committee vote.
Representative Rob Bieswanger (District 8) introduced House Bill 32 to the House State Affairs Committee as a statutory prohibition on government-imposed mask mandates for preventing disease transmission. “House bill 32 is probably the best bill you're gonna hear all year,” Bieswanger said in opening remarks. He described the bill as protecting individual choice while preserving exemptions for workers who require masks as part of job-related safety measures.
Bieswanger told the committee the bill would bar government officials from imposing jail time or fines for failure to wear a mask; he said officials may still advise or recommend mask use but not impose punitive measures. “This bill simply says, we're not gonna throw them in jail, we're…
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