The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ky. Const. secs. 29, 69, 81
- Issued
- 2026-04-03 Apr. 3, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-04-03)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Apr. 3, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursStanding duty
- Addressees
- the Governor (powers); persons generally as addressees of the orders issued under it
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Kentucky DUT-KY
Operative words
(l) Except as prohibited by this section or other law, to take action necessary to execute those powers enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (k) of this subsection
Penalty
What it required
Conferred the Governor's emergency powers on declaration of a state of emergency, including (1)(a) 'To enforce all laws, and administrative regulations relating to disaster and emergency response,' (1)(g) curfews, (1)(h) limits on the sale or consumption of goods, and the 2020 catch-all (1)(j) quoted; every 2020-2021 executive order and CHFS order recites this section (Ex. KY-003 recites 39A.100(1)(h) and (j)), and the Supreme Court of Kentucky held it 'in clear and unambiguous language, authorizes the Governor' to act as he did (Ex. KY-032). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteThe quotation is the 2020 text of (1)(j) as recited by the Supreme Court of Kentucky; the current text renumbers the catch-all as (1)(l) ('to take action necessary to execute those powers enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (k)') and adds a thirty-day reporting duty and other 2021-2026 limits.