{"id":"PA-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tom Wolf","authority":"35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(c) (Emergency Management Services Code)","instrument":"Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19)","title":"Proclamation of Disaster Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-06","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)","startDate":"2020-03-06","endDate":"2021-06-10","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["Commonwealth agencies","the public"],"clause":"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":"35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(b): executive orders, proclamations and regulations issued during a disaster emergency \u0027shall have the force and effect of law\u0027","functions":["predicate for every closure, stay-home, mitigation and masking order","HR (regulatory suspensions of licensing rules)"],"notes":"Predicate only under the brief; published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (Mar. 21, 2020) per Act 21 of 2021\u0027s definition of \u0027order\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200306-COVID19-Digital-Proclamation.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200317211150/https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200306-COVID19-Digital-Proclamation.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":238704,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-001","citation":"Governor Tom Wolf, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. PA-001)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-039","PA-012","PA-018","PA-026","PA-030","DUT-PA-001","DUT-PA-003","PA-119","PA-050","PA-005","PA-051","PA-006"]}