Bill Giving County Commissioners Final Say on Health Orders Goes to Holcomb
(INDIANAPOLIS) It’s up to Governor Holcomb now to decide whether to sign a bill limiting local
health orders.
get county commissioners’ blessing for an emergency health order stricter than what the governor
has imposed. And it allows businesses to appeal to the commissioners if they’re shut down for
violating it.
Charlestown Senator Chris Garten (R) says the bill isn’t “a knee-jerk reaction or a combative
response” to any local health order. He says local health officials have been “heroes” during the
COVID-19 pandemic. But he says as a matter of principle, people need to have someone they can