LOCAL HEALTH Act
Summary
Let Our Cities And Local businesses Help Employees Achieve Long-Term Health Act or the LOCAL HEALTH Act This bill authorizes private businesses and local governments and agencies to require the use of face masks and take other measures aligned with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, provided that the required measures accommodate individuals with disabilities and include exemptions for sincerely held religious beliefs. The bill also (1) prohibits a state from establishing or enforcing a law that restricts an authorized measure, and (2) provides immunity to private businesses and local government entities from federal or state claims arising from an authorized measure unless the claim involves negligent behavior or willful misconduct.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 5, 2021
Last action Nov 8, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Nov 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Nov 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Nov 5, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lois Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Ann Kirkpatrick
DDemocratic
Co
Charlie Crist
DDemocratic
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Eddie Bernice Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Frederica S. Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Joaquin Castro
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Castor
DDemocratic
Co
Marc A. Veasey
DDemocratic
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