{"id":"UT-041","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Utah","state":"UT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Utah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Sen. Evan J. Vickers); signed by Governor Spencer J. Cox","authority":"Statute amending Utah Code 26-23b-104, 26A-1-114, 53-2a-206 and related sections","instrument":"S.B. 195, Emergency Response Amendments, 2021 General Session","title":"Emergency Response Amendments","dateIssued":"2021-03-24","effective":"2021-05-05","end":"Continuing law","startDate":"2021-05-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["the Governor","Department of Health","local health departments","county executives and governing bodies","the Legislature"],"clause":"26-23b-104(4)(a) [a public health emergency declared by the department expires at the earliest of]... (ii) 30 days after the date on which the department declared the public health emergency...; (iii) the day on which the public health emergency is terminated by a joint resolution of the Legislature; (b)(i) The Legislature, by joint resolution, may extend a public health emergency for a time period designated in the joint resolution.... (5)(a) The Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution an order of constraint issued by the department... 26A-1-114... a local health department may not declare a public health emergency or issue an order of constraint until the local health department has provided notice of the proposed action to the chief executive officer [of the relevant county]... The relevant county governing body may at any time terminate a public health emergency or an order of constraint issued by the local health department by majority vote... \u0027Order of constraint\u0027 means an order, rule, or regulation issued by a local health department in response to a declared public health emergency that:... establishes, maintains, or enforces isolation or quarantine;... closes theaters, schools, or other public places... \u0027Order of constraint\u0027 includes a stay-at-home order.... the department or a local health department may not impose an order of constraint on a religious gathering that is more restrictive than an order of constraint that applies to any [comparable gathering]","enforcement":"Statutory limits on the duration and survival of every emergency declaration and order of constraint; legislative and county termination powers","functions":["framework for every Q3 2021 local order (Grand, Summit, Salt Lake Counties)","WS religious gatherings (parity rule)","QUAR isolation and quarantine orders defined as orders of constraint"],"notes":"Also amends 53-2a-206 (governor\u0027s state of emergency: 30-day limit, legislative extension by joint resolution, bar on re-declaring for the same occurrence). Effective date May 5, 2021 (le.utah.gov bill page).","sourceUrl":"https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0195.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":287506,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"UT","url":"/library/UT-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/UT-041","citation":"Utah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Sen. Evan J. Vickers); signed by Governor Spencer J. Cox, S.B. 195, Emergency Response Amendments, 2021 General Session (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. UT-041)","stateName":"Utah","related":["DUT-UT-004"]}