Relating to: local health officer authority to mandate business closure to control communicable disease.
SB 746 repeals a specific statute (252.03 (2j)) that currently grants local health officers the authority to mandate business closures during communicable disease outbreaks. This bill directly affects local health officials and businesses by removing their legal power to order closures for disease control. The key mechanism is simply the deletion of the existing provision from state law, eliminating this specific tool for public health responses. The bill does not create new requirements or exceptions - it solely removes an existing authority.
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Dec 2025
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Introduced Dec 12, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer;
cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Udell, McCarville, Anderson, Arney, Palmeri, Roe and Subeck
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