PIERRE, (KCCR) — A bill to clarify determinations regarding the use of facemasks has been killed by the House Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 1166 would have allowed civil action to be taken by a worker if their employer enforced a masking policy and protected workers against terminations, demotion or discipline for not wearing a mask. Sonya Vanderbrook spoke in favor of the bill…
Opposition outweighed proponents three to one. Nathan Sanderson with the South Dakota Retailer’s Association says the measure casts a wide net…
Representative Taylor Rehfeldt of Sioux Falls moved to send H-B 1166 to the fictional 41st legislative day…
The vote to kill the measure was twelve to zero.
