The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ky. Const. sec. 29 (legislative power)
- Issued
- 2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30 (emergency clause; signed by Governor March 30, 2020) (read as 2020-03-30)
- 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) (read as 2022-01-15)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to Jan. 15, 2022
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- licensees ordered to close or alter their businesses
- health-care providers
- alcohol licensees
- public agencies
- employers
- Functions reached
- BA bar and alcohol
- TM telehealth
- CT public agencies (open records, hearings by teleconference)
- HR licensing
- CB
- Collection
- Kentucky KY
Operative words
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 'have been ordered by the Governor to close or alter' their operations
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's approval of the emergency declaration (KY-055 at 2-3)