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Committee adopts substitute to Senate Bill 29 limiting local authority to prohibit public gatherings
Summary
A committee substitute to Senate Bill 29 was adopted and reported favorably Sep. 20; the substitute says county or joint boards of health and local health officers may recommend against public gatherings but are not authorized to prohibit them. Committee members discussed quarantine/isolation authority would remain.
The Senate Public Health Committee on Sept. 20 adopted a substitute to Senate Bill 29 and voted to report it favorably for passage. The substitute focuses on a single provision addressing local public‑gathering authority: under the substitute the county or joint board of health or a local health officer may recommend against public gatherings but “cannot require or are not empowered or…
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