HB2003 HFA Brown 2-18

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            Delegate Brown moves to amend Com. Sub. for H. B. 2003 on page two, section two, line thirty-three, following the semi-colon by inserting the following:

            “House of worship” means a church, temple, synagogue, mosque, or other building or space set apart primarily for the purpose of worship, devotion, veneration or religious study;”.

            And,

            On page eight, section six, line one hundred twenty-three, following the period, by inserting a new subsection to read as follows:

            “(i) The emergency powers granted under this section do not authorize the Governor to close or dictate religious practices in a house of worship during a state of preparedness or state of emergency.”