HB 76, ch. 2, SLA 2021 (enrolled)

The record

Jurisdiction

Alaska

Level

State

Authority

AS 26.23.020(c); new uncodified law

Issued

2021-04-30 Apr. 30, 2021

Effective

Immediately (sec. 23, AS 01.10.070(c)); secs. 1-3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 17 retroactive to Feb. 14, 2021 (sec. 22(a)); secs. 2(a) and 11 retroactive to Nov. 15, 2020 (sec. 22(b)); secs. 14-15 retroactive to Mar. 11, 2020 (sec. 22(c)) (read as 2021-02-14)

End

Disaster-emergency sections repealed on the earlier of Dec. 31, 2021 or the Governor's proclamation that the emergency no longer exists (sec. 21) (proclaimed Apr. 30, 2021, AK-029); sec. 4 public-health-emergency power continued (read as 2021-12-31)

In force

Feb. 14, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declarationHealth care ordersVaccination or testingOther

Addressees

• Governor
• DHSS Commissioner
• licensees
• businesses
• individuals

Functions reached

• predicate for Q2-Q3 2021 State instruments
• legislative findings of the orders' effect on commerce and employment

Collection

Alaska AK

Operative words

(3) many communities in the state, including the state's largest city of Anchorage and the capital city of Juneau, have seen fit to impose lockdown or hunker-down orders, which have severely reduced economic activity in those communities; (4) lockdown orders and other pandemic-related factors have forced numerous state businesses to close their doors and lay off employees or reduce service levels and employee hours far below what would otherwise have been provided... (5) interstate and intrastate travel restrictions of varying levels of restrictiveness... have resulted in further reduction of economic activities in the state (sec. 1 findings). Sec. 2(b): Under AS 26.23.020(c), the Alaska State Legislature extends to December 31, 2021, [the January 15, 2021 declaration]. Sec. 4(a): the commissioner of health and social services may declare a public health emergency if the commissioner determines that the Department of Health and Social Services must take action to protect the public health... Sec. 17: An individual may object to the administration of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine based on religious, medical, or other grounds.

Enforcement

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