State ep. John Torbett, a Gaston County Republican, outlines the changes made to a North Carolina bill that previously removed a public masking health exemption on the state House floor at the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Torbett is a sponsor of the bill, which underwent modifications during negotiations by Senate and House Republicans. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)
A group of various activists listen to Cheryl Carter, co-executive director of Democracy NC, discuss her concerns with the amended masking bill at a news conference opposing the legislation outside the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The bill, which adds a health exemption and gives law enforcement and property owners the right to ask someone to temporarily remove their mask for identification, still presents risks to immunocompromised people, said Carter, who has asthma and chronic bronchitis. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)
FILE - Gov. Roy Cooper talks during a press conference in Raleigh, N.C., April 24, 2024. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday, June 21, 2024, vetoed North Carolina's masking bill that previously removed a pandemic-era exemption that allowed people to mask in public for health reasons. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP, File)