Health
Whitmer Proposes Permanent Mask Order
by Adam de Angeli
Posted April 17, 2021
Michigan Capitol Confidential reports:
Most importantly, any rules the governor creates must be brought before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) in the legislature. If the legislature declares a rule is improper, it would, at a minimum, delay the rule from taking effect for nine months.
Republican members of JCAR are Luke Meerman, Steve Carra, Matt Hall, Jon Bumstead, Lana Theis, and Ed McBroom.
All of them lean conservative within their caucuses and would likely do everything possible to fight the imposition of the rule.
We will monitor this situation as it develops.
The administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is drafting permanent rules that, once adopted, would impose an indefinite mandate for employees and customers to wear face masks.The rule-making process generally takes a long time, and requires formal public hearings.
The mandate is spelled out in draft rules posted by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or MIOSHA. The rules, once formalized, would replace the state’s current emergency orders.
Most importantly, any rules the governor creates must be brought before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) in the legislature. If the legislature declares a rule is improper, it would, at a minimum, delay the rule from taking effect for nine months.
Republican members of JCAR are Luke Meerman, Steve Carra, Matt Hall, Jon Bumstead, Lana Theis, and Ed McBroom.
All of them lean conservative within their caucuses and would likely do everything possible to fight the imposition of the rule.
We will monitor this situation as it develops.
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