PRINTER'S NO. 732
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
747
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ROAE, KNOWLES, ECKER, METCALFE, RYAN, MILLARD,
JAMES, KAUFFMAN, ROTHMAN, KEEFER, ROWE, JOZWIAK,
R. MACKENZIE, ZIMMERMAN, TOOHIL, COX, MOUL, SANKEY, WHEELAND,
M. MACKENZIE, EMRICK, GLEIM AND GILLEN, MARCH 3, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MARCH 3, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing
for retail store closure during declaration of disaster
emergency and for contactless and curbside business
operations during declaration of disaster emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 7309. Retail store closure during declaration of disaster
emergency.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other
provision of law to the contrary, the Governor may not close a
retail store during a declaration of disaster emergency under
section 7301 (relating to general authority of Governor) if the
retail store:
(1) restricts access during a declaration of disaster
emergency to one customer in the retail store facility at a
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