A00868
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
977
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, STAMBAUGH, SILVIS, KAUFFMAN, RYAN,
CAUSER, KULIK, KNOWLES, PICKETT, ROTHMAN, LEWIS DELROSSO,
SMITH, POLINCHOCK, HERSHEY, PYLE, STAATS, COX, SAYLOR, MOUL,
KEEFER, HAMM, JONES, MENTZER, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE, WHEELAND AND
DAVANZO, MARCH 19, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MARCH 19, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in COVID-19 disaster emergency
Commonwealth Services, providing for certain restrictions
prohibited.
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 a section to read:
ยง 5702 7309 . Certain restrictions prohibited.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of section
7301 (relating to general authority of Governor) this chapter or
any other law to the contrary, during the COVID-19 disaster
emergency, a declaration of disaster emergency under section
7301(c) (relating to general authority of Governor), neither the
Commonwealth nor any municipality may restrict or impose a
limitation through an executive order, proclamation, regulation,
resolution or ordinance or other official action on the number
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