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)
Dawn Blagrove, Emancipate NC executive director, voices concerns about the amended masking bill's impact on protesters at a news conference opposing the legislation outside the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The bill was moved in part as a response to widespread campus protests, including at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, against Israel's war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)