Signs at the entrance to a bar in downtown Cleveland, indicating that masks are required.
Ohio House Republicans added a provision into Gov. Mike DeWine’s two-year state budget that would erase violations of his COVID health orders by bars and taverns, such as selling too many cocktails to go, not enforcing social distancing and masks or allowing drinking past curfew. It would also refund those liquor permit holders what they paid in fines.
Andy Herf with the Ohio Licensed Beverage Association said the goal is to make sure bars that made mistakes under temporary COVID restrictions aren’t punished with the permanent revoking of their licenses.
Signs at the entrance to a bar in downtown Cleveland, indicating that masks are required.
Ohio House Republicans added a provision into Gov. Mike DeWine’s two-year state budget that would erase violations of his COVID health orders by bars and taverns, such as selling too many cocktails to go, not enforcing social distancing and masks or allowing drinking past curfew. But it would also refund those liquor permit holders what they paid in fines.
Andy Herf with the Ohio Licensed Beverage Association said the goal is to make sure bars that made mistakes under temporary COVID restrictions aren’t punished with the permanent revoking of their licenses.