{"id":"NJ-053","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature (Assembly Bill No. 5820); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J. Const. art. IV; supplementing Title 26 (N.J.S.A. 26:13-32 to -36)","instrument":"P.L. 2021, c. 103","title":"An Act concerning emergency health powers and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes (expiration and continuation of COVID-19 executive orders, administrative orders, directives and waivers after the Public Health Emergency)","dateIssued":"2021-06-04","effective":"2021-06-04 (sec. 6: \u0022This act shall take effect immediately\u0022)","end":"Sec. 1: unlisted EHPA-based executive orders expired July 4, 2021; listed orders (EOs 106, 111, 112, 123, 127, 150, 159, 170, 178, 207, 229, 233, 237 and the most recent general mitigation order) to January 1, 2022; sec. 3(a): agency administrative orders, directives and waivers to January 11, 2022 unless explicitly revoked; sec. 3(c): DOH staffing-ratio, overtime, shift and vacation waivers to September 1, 2021; sec. 2: health care immunity to September 1, 2021; sec. 5: continuing authority for vaccination, testing, resource allocation, data and CDC-recommendation orders to January 11, 2022","startDate":"2021-06-04","endDate":"2021-07-04","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","OTHER","HC","VAX"],"addressees":["the Governor","heads of State agencies","every person subject to the continued orders and directives"],"clause":"Sec. 1 (C.26:13-32): \u0022All executive orders issued by the Governor prior to the effective date of this act... that relied on the existence of the public health emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020, as extended, shall expire 30 days following the effective date of this act, with the exception of the executive orders listed in this section that shall remain in effect until January 1, 2022.... (14) The most recent executive order containing general coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mitigation measures regarding face coverings, social distancing, and gatherings prior to the effective date of this act\u0022. Sec. 3(a) (C.26:13-34): \u0022the force and effect of any administrative order, directive, or waiver issued by the head of a State agency that relied on the existence of the public health emergency... shall expire on January 11, 2022. Such administrative order, directive, or waiver may be continued and may be modified by the head of a State agency, unless such administrative order, directive, or waiver is explicitly revoked, until January 11, 2022.\u0022 Sec. 4 (C.26:13-35): \u0022The state of emergency declared in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020, as extended, pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A:9-33 et seq.) shall remain in effect until terminated by the Governor.\u0022 Sec. 5 (C.26:13-36): after termination \u0022the Governor, Commissioner of Health, and the head of any other State agency may issue orders, directives, and waivers... related to (1) vaccination distribution, administration, and management, (2) COVID-19 testing, (3) health resource and personnel allocation, (4) data collection... (5) coordination of local health departments, and (6) implementation of any applicable recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent or limit the transmission of COVID-19, including in specific settings.\u0022","enforcement":"Statute; continued orders and directives carry their own penalties","functions":["fixes what was in force July 1 - Sept. 30, 2021: the listed executive orders, every unrevoked agency directive and waiver, and the Governor\u0027s continuing power to order vaccination, testing and CDC-recommendation measures"],"notes":"The Legislature\u0027s own statement that New Jersey\u0027s emergency regime did not end on June 4, 2021: it kept fourteen categories of executive orders alive to January 1, 2022 and every agency directive to January 11, 2022, and it authorized the health-care, school and child-care mandates of August and September 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2020/PL21/103_.HTM","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":95781,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-053","citation":"New Jersey Legislature (Assembly Bill No. 5820); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2021, c. 103 (June 4, 2021) (Ex. NJ-053)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["DUT-NJ-006","DUT-NJ-007","DUT-NJ-014","NJ-016","NJ-001","NJ-003","NJ-008","NJ-012","NJ-020","NJ-036","NJ-050","NJ-051"]}