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As NJ health emergency ends, some Murphy powers extend to Jan. 1
TRENTON – A bill ending many of the executive orders Gov. Phil Murphy has issued during the public health emergency this summer, though keeping some key ones in effect potentially through the end of December, is scheduled for approval in the full Assembly Thursday.
The Senate could pass the bill June 3, though its timetable wasn’t exactly clear Wednesday.
Murphy and legislative leaders reached an agreement last week in which Murphy will not again extend the COVID-19 public health emergency, which he first declared in March 2020, by another 30 days when it expires June 13. However, certain powers bestowed by the emergency will remain in effect.
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State lawmakers on Tuesday took the first step toward ending the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 last year, but Gov. Phil Murphy would still retain vast powers over face mask rules and gathering limits while protecting financially struggling renters and homeowners.
Although a bill introduced in the Assembly would nullify dozens of Murphy s executive orders in the pandemic, it would keep in place legal immunity for hospitals and long-term care facilities, keeping families locked out of the legal system in most cases of medical malpractice.
The bill also leaves a separate state of emergency and 15 of the governor s other orders in effect, including the ability to tighten restrictions should hospitalizations increase or the rate of transmission climb above 1. That rate was at 0.53 on Tuesday.