Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that classifies all businesses as essential and allows them to stay open if they follow all safety standards.

Highlights:

• Establishes a business does not commit a violation and may continue or resume operations if both of the following are true (Sec. 1):

• The business has been required to cease or limit operations by order or rule of the director or department of health that was issued under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event; and

• The business complies with all safety precautions that the order or rule requires of businesses that are permitted to continue operations under the order or rule.

• Specifies this section does not apply to an order or rule of the director or department of health that is issued under this chapter and applicable only to a particular business or business location due to circumstances uniquely present at that particular business or business location (Sec. 1).

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