{"id":"CT-043","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly (Substitute House Bill 5653); approved May 17, 2021","authority":"Legislative act notwithstanding Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9","instrument":"Special Act No. 21-5","title":"An Act Concerning Declarations of Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergencies and the Creation of a Bipartisan Commission to Study Statutes Governing the Issuance of Such Declarations","dateIssued":"2021-05-17","effective":"2021-07-01 (sections 1-2); section 3 from passage","end":"2022-03-01 (outer limit of renewals)","startDate":"2021-07-01","endDate":"2022-03-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["the Governor","the General Assembly and its leadership committee","department heads, State agencies and municipalities"],"clause":"the Governor is hereby authorized to renew: (1) The public health and civil preparedness emergencies declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) any orders issued pursuant to the declarations and the renewal of such declarations that remain in effect as of July 20, 2021... any such renewal may cover the period of time from July 21, 2021, through March 1, 2022.... any such renewal issued by the Governor shall cease to be effective unless approved by a majority vote of each house of the General Assembly by resolution not later than three business days after the date of filing such renewal... an executive order issued under such authority... may be disapproved by a majority vote at a meeting of a joint legislative committee","enforcement":"Legislative approval of renewals (July 14 and Sept. 28, 2021) and disapproval power over orders","functions":["legislative predicate for every Q3 2021 order; the General Assembly approved the July 13 and Sept. 27, 2021 renewals by resolution"],"notes":"Every 13-series order and EO 14A recites that it remains in effect \u0027unless individual orders or extensions contained herein are disapproved pursuant to Special Act 21-5\u0027; none was disapproved (as EO 14A\u0027s continuation of every 13-series order shows).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00005-R00HB-05653-SA.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":93369,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CT","url":"/library/CT-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CT-043","citation":"General Assembly (Substitute House Bill 5653); approved May 17, 2021, Special Act No. 21-5 (May 17, 2021) (Ex. CT-043)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["DUT-CT-003"]}