{"id":"KY-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular Session); signed by Governor Beshear","authority":"Ky. Const. sec. 29 (legislative power)","instrument":"2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310)","title":"An Act relating to the state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and declaring an emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-30","effective":"2020-03-30 (emergency clause; signed by Governor March 30, 2020)","end":"Tied to the state of emergency under EO 2020-215; sec. 3 requires the Governor to declare in writing when the emergency has ceased; extended to Jan. 15, 2022 by 2021 SS HJR 1 sec. 2(1)(c)","startDate":"2020-03-30","endDate":"2022-01-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","ALC","HC","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["licensees ordered to close or alter their businesses","health-care providers","alcohol licensees","public agencies","employers"],"clause":"Section 1. Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, during the state of emergency declared by the Governor in response to COVID-19 on March 6, 2020, by Executive Order 2020-215: (1)(a) If persons or entities have been ordered by the Governor to close or alter the businesses for which those persons or entities have been licensed under Kentucky law, the Governor may direct any administrative body... to suspend or waive the collection of... licensing fees... (7)(a) A license holder with the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages by the drink at retail shall be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink in a covered or sealed container, and by the package... 1. The sale of alcoholic beverages pursuant to this section must be incidental to the purchase of a meal","enforcement":"Statute; legislative recognition that businesses \u0027have been ordered by the Governor to close or alter\u0027 their operations","functions":["BA bar and alcohol","TM telehealth","CT public agencies (open records, hearings by teleconference)","HR licensing","CB"],"notes":"Telehealth provider-patient relationship flexibility; liability protection for providers following CHFS elective-procedure directives; public meetings by live audio or video; unemployment insurance flexibility; the Supreme Court in Cameron v. Beshear cites this Act as the legislature\u0027s approval of the emergency declaration (KY-055 at 2-3)","sourceUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/20RS/documents/0073.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":48954,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"KY","url":"/library/KY-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/KY-012","citation":"Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular Session); signed by Governor Beshear, 2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. KY-012)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["KY-007","KY-055","DUT-KY-014","KY-001"]}