In response to the coronavirus pandemic, governors and state agencies in all 50 states relied on emergency power authority to enact stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and other restrictions on businesses and individuals. Since March 2020, 10 bills in eight states have been signed into law that are aimed at increasing legislative oversight of governorsâ emergency powers. These laws were enacted in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah.
Additionally, voters in Pennsylvania will have a chance on May 18, 2021, to approve a measure the Pennsylvania State Legislature certified for the ballot that would limit the governorâs emergency powers.
Laws limiting the governorâs emergency powers have been enacted in five states where one party controls the governorship and both branches of the state legislature â Arkansas (Republican trifecta), Colorado (Democratic trifecta), New York (Democratic trifecta), Ohio (Republican trifecta), and
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Updated: 6:13 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Mark Vanderhoff Rumors have been swirling on social media that Kentucky s mask mandate is no longer valid due to a resolution.So, we looked into it and found the facts. The statewide mask mandate to slow the spread of COVID-19 is indeed still in effect. The resolution some are citing is House Joint Resolution 77, which was designed to end the mask mandate while affirming some other emergency executive orders but Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd issued a temporary injunction blocking it. In his ruling, Shepherd wrote, Until this issue has been resolved, it would create a great public harm and would undermine effective public health requirements to allow the temporary suspension or termination of the Governor’s public health orders. In other words, the mask mandate stands.Republican lawmakers who voted for HJR 77 blasted Shepherd s decision. He has a problem with the legislatur