North Carolina GOP lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to add criminal penalties for those who use masks to hid their identities and break the law.
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred by anti-Israel demonstrations that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses. The legislation – House Bill 237 – cleared the state's Senate on Wednesday in a 30-15 vote along party lines despite several attempts by state Senate Democrats to change the bill.
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what this bill does and how the law operates, and it’s no wonder that so many folks are scared,' Newton added, according to NC Newsline, questioning the motivations of those against the legislation.
smell politics on the other side of the aisle when they're scaring people to death about a bill that is only going to criminalize people who are trying to hide their identity so they can do something wrong,' Newton said. Three Senate Democrats proposed amendments to keep the health exemption and exclude hate groups from masking, but Senate Republicans used a procedural mechanism to block them without going up for a vote.
The masking bill will likely move through a few committees before hitting the House floor, which could take one or two weeks, Hall said. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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