Signed by Governor Kay Ivey

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the government selecting which entities can remain open during COVID-19

Highlights:

• Establishes a business entity or a church, mosque, synagogue, or other religious institution can continue or resume its operations if the business entity or religious institution complies with all of the safety precautions issued by the Governor, a state department or agency, or a county or municipal governing body or agency to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event, or the appearance of a novel or previously controlled or eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin (Sec. 1).

• Specifies if a provision of this act is inconsistent with any proclamation, order, rule, or other directive adopted under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955, this act will prevail (Sec. 1).

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the state government from selectively picking which businesses and other entities such as churches can remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlights:

• Establishes a business entity or a church, mosque, synagogue, or other religious institution can continue or resume its operations if the business entity or religious institution complies with all of the safety precautions issued by the Governor, a state department or agency, or a county or municipal governing body or agency to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event, or the appearance of a novel or previously controlled or eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin (Sec. 1).

• Specifies if a provision of this act is inconsistent with any proclamation, order, rule, or other directive adopted under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955, this act will prevail (Sec. 1).

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