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Committee approves amendment creating 72‑hour appeal for quarantine and isolation orders
Summary
The Committee on House Health and Human Services amended and passed substitute for Senate Bill 29 to add a 72‑hour judicial review and a strict‑scrutiny standard for isolation, quarantine or similar exclusion orders; the substitute also removes local authority to prohibit public gatherings under certain infectious‑disease statutes.
The Committee on House Health and Human Services approved a substitute for Senate Bill 29, adopting an amendment that adds a 72‑hour judicial review and due‑process protections for isolation, quarantine or exclusion orders issued under state public health statutes.
Carly, the committee staff member, said the substitute removes authorization for a county or joint board of health or a local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for control of infectious or contagious diseases. Representative Droge offered an amendment to add a “72‑hour review by a body, to see a judge after they’ve been called for isolation,” and to…
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