The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- La. Const. art. III; Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, R.S. 29:760 et seq. (Acts 2003, No. 1206)
- Effective
- standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (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 declarationStanding duty
- Addressees
- the State and its officers (as the duty-holder); persons generally (as the subjects of the powers the Act confers)
- Character
- statutory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Louisiana DUT-LA
Operative words
Because the government must do all that is reasonable and necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens; because new and emerging dangers, including emergent and resurgent infectious diseases... pose serious and immediate threats;... the state must have the ability to respond, rapidly and effectively, to potential or actual public health emergencies.
Penalty
n/a (purposes section); the Act's orders are enforced through R.S. 29:724(E)
What it required
States the Legislature's own finding that government 'must do all that is reasonable and necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens' against 'emergent and resurgent infectious diseases'; it is the premise the Governor recited in 137 JBE 2021 (Ex. LA-036, first recital) when re-imposing the statewide indoor face-covering requirement in August 2021.
Retrieval noteOfficial statute page rendered Sept. 28, 2026. Proclamation 137 JBE 2021 (Ex. LA-036) recites: 'La. R.S. 29:761 provides that "[b]ecause the government must do all that is reasonable and necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens... the state must have the ability to respond, rapidly and effectively, to potential or actual public health emergencies."'.