{"id":"AK-028","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSHB 76(FIN) am S), signed by Governor Dunleavy Apr. 30, 2021","authority":"AS 26.23.020(c); new uncodified law","instrument":"HB 76, ch. 2, SLA 2021 (enrolled)","title":"An Act extending the January 15, 2021, governor\u0027s declaration of a public health disaster emergency...; approving and ratifying declarations of a public health disaster emergency;... emergency powers of the commissioner of health and social services;... civil liability; immunity...; and personal objections to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines","dateIssued":"2021-04-30","effective":"Immediately (sec. 23, AS 01.10.070(c)); secs. 1-3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 17 retroactive to Feb. 14, 2021 (sec. 22(a)); secs. 2(a) and 11 retroactive to Nov. 15, 2020 (sec. 22(b)); secs. 14-15 retroactive to Mar. 11, 2020 (sec. 22(c))","end":"Disaster-emergency sections repealed on the earlier of Dec. 31, 2021 or the Governor\u0027s proclamation that the emergency no longer exists (sec. 21) (proclaimed Apr. 30, 2021, AK-029); sec. 4 public-health-emergency power continued","startDate":"2021-02-14","endDate":"2021-12-31","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","HC","VAX","OTHER"],"addressees":["Governor","DHSS Commissioner","licensees","businesses","individuals"],"clause":"(3) many communities in the state, including the state\u0027s largest city of Anchorage and the capital city of Juneau, have seen fit to impose lockdown or hunker-down orders, which have severely reduced economic activity in those communities; (4) lockdown orders and other pandemic-related factors have forced numerous state businesses to close their doors and lay off employees or reduce service levels and employee hours far below what would otherwise have been provided... (5) interstate and intrastate travel restrictions of varying levels of restrictiveness... have resulted in further reduction of economic activities in the state (sec. 1 findings). Sec. 2(b): Under AS 26.23.020(c), the Alaska State Legislature extends to December 31, 2021, [the January 15, 2021 declaration]. Sec. 4(a): the commissioner of health and social services may declare a public health emergency if the commissioner determines that the Department of Health and Social Services must take action to protect the public health... Sec. 17: An individual may object to the administration of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine based on religious, medical, or other grounds.","enforcement":"Statute; secs. 13-15 good-faith immunity for acts under the Act and for licensees and businesses (not applicable to gross negligence, reckless or intentional misconduct)","functions":["predicate for Q2-Q3 2021 State instruments","legislative findings of the orders\u0027 effect on commerce and employment"],"notes":"Chapter number (ch. 2, SLA 2021) confirmed by the Governor\u0027s proclamation (AK-029), the DHSS decertification memo (AK-088) and the Public Health Emergency Order (AK-030).","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/HB0076Z.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":656532,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AK","url":"/library/AK-028","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AK-028","citation":"Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSHB 76(FIN) am S), signed by Governor Dunleavy Apr. 30, 2021, HB 76, ch. 2, SLA 2021 (enrolled) (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. AK-028)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-029","AK-088","AK-030","DUT-AK-001","DUT-AK-002","SEC-13-108"]}