Bill Text: WV HB4031 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Ban any and all mask mandates
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-25 - To House Judiciary [HB4031 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB4031-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2022 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4031
By Delegates Conley, Kimble, G. Ward, Horst, Mazzocchi, Phillips, Pritt, Longanacre, Kimes, J. Jeffries, and McGeehan
[Introduced January 12, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-1-22; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-2-18, all relating to prohibiting mask mandates by the State of West Virginia; and prohibiting local health departments in West Virginia from instituting any type of mandatory mask mandate or face covering requirement.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. state public health system.
§16-1-22. Face covering and mask mandates prohibited.
The State of West Virginia shall not implement any sort of mandatory face covering or mask requirement, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise. The requirements of §61-6-22 of this Code relating to the wearing of masks, hoods or face coverings shall still apply.
ARTICLE 2. local boards of health.
§16-2-18. Prohibition on face coverings and mask mandates.
Local boards of health in West Virginia shall not implement any mandatory face covering or mask requirement, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise. The requirements of §61-6-22 of this Code relating to the wearing of masks, hoods or face coverings shall still apply.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a mask or face covering requirement by the State of West Virginia or by local boards of health in West Virginia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
