Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19)

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(c) (Emergency Management Services Code)

Issued

2020-03-06 Mar. 6, 2020

Effective

2020-03-06

End

2021-06-10 (terminated by H.R. 106, PA-039; renewed June 3, Aug. 31, Nov. 24, 2020, Feb. 19 and May 20, 2021) (read as 2021-06-10)

In force

Mar. 6, 2020 to June 10, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declaration

Addressees

• Commonwealth agencies
• the public

Functions reached

• predicate for every closure, stay-home, mitigation and masking order
• HR (regulatory suspensions of licensing rules)

Collection

Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

I do hereby proclaim the existence of a disaster emergency throughout the Commonwealth.... FURTHER, I hereby suspend the provisions of any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for conduct of Commonwealth business, or the orders, rules or regulations of any Commonwealth agency, if strict compliance with the provisions of any statute, order, rule or regulation would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with this emergency.... FURTHER, I hereby authorize the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, in her sole discretion, to suspend or waive any provision of law or regulation which the Pennsylvania Department of Health is authorized by law to administer or enforce, for such length of time as may be necessary to respond to this emergency.

Enforcement

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