The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2021-22, Article 6 (Department of Health and Human Services), Sec. 250 and Sec. 510
- Issued
- 2021-09-29 Sept. 29, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-29 (act's stated effective date); appropriations for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021 (read as 2021-09-29)
- End
- Fiscal year 2021-22 boilerplate; the Governor's signing statement declared Sec. 250 unenforceable, and local health departments' school mask orders continued (see Kalamazoo's October 1, 2021 statement in the archived index) (read as 2021-10-01)
- In force
- Sept. 29, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- MDHHS director
- local health officers
- Functions reached
- preemption context for the fall 2021 local school mask orders
- Collection
- Michigan MI
Operative words
Sec. 250. The director or a local health officer shall not issue or enforce any orders or other directives that require an individual in this state who is under the age of 18 to wear a face mask or face covering.... Sec. 510. The department shall not enforce any directive requiring the masking of children less than 5 years of age...
Enforcement
Appropriations condition; declared unenforceable by the Governor
Notes
Michigan's only attempt at preempting local COVID-19 orders during the period; it came on September 29, 2021, and did not displace the county orders in force in Q3 2021.
Retrieval noteLegislature's enrolled act PDF (4.6 MB); Sec. 250 read in the text. In force in Q3 2021 on its last two days only: Sec. 250 effective Sept. 29, 2021; declared unenforceable by the Governor's signing statement.