KY HB171 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-05 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-05 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 39A.100 to limit declarations of emergency, including executive orders relating to an emergency, to 15 days unless extended by the General Assembly; prohibit the Governor from declaring a new emergency based on the same facts upon the expiration of the initial declaration; prohibit the Governor from suspending statutes or administrative regulations unless the subject matter is authorized by statute; limit declarations of emergency by local chief executive officers to 15 days unless terminated earlier or extended by the corresponding local legislative body; amend KRS 39A.180, 39A.280, 315.500, and 367.374 to conform; create a noncodified section asserting the provisions of the Act are nonseverable; EMERGENCY.
Title
AN ACT relating to governmental emergencies and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-01-05 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
2021-01-05 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb171.html |
Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb171/orig_bill.pdf |