PRINTER'S NO. 1749
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1160
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, ARGALL, ARNOLD, LANGERHOLC, PITTMAN,
MARTIN AND J. WARD, JUNE 5, 2020
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JUNE 5, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in the Governor and disaster
emergencies, further providing for general authority of
Governor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7301(c) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 7301. General authority of Governor.
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(c) Declaration of disaster emergency.--
(1) A disaster emergency shall be declared by executive
order or proclamation of the Governor upon finding that a
disaster has occurred or that the occurrence or the threat of
a disaster is imminent. The state of disaster emergency shall
continue until the Governor finds that the threat or danger
has passed or the disaster has been dealt with to the extent
that emergency conditions no longer exist and terminates the
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state of disaster emergency by executive order or
proclamation, but no state of disaster emergency may continue
for longer than [90] 10 days unless [renewed by the Governor.
The] reauthorized by concurrent resolution of the General
Assembly.
(2) If the General Assembly fails to adopt a concurrent
resolution reauthorizing the state of disaster emergency, or
no such concurrent resolution is introduced, by the eleventh
day after the declaration of the executive order or
proclamation, the state of disaster emergency shall be
automatically terminated.
(3 ) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the General Assembly
by concurrent resolution may terminate a state of disaster
emergency at any time. Thereupon, the Governor shall issue an
executive order or proclamation ending the state of disaster
emergency.
(4) All executive orders or proclamations issued under
this subsection shall indicate the nature of the disaster,
the area or areas threatened and the conditions which have
brought the disaster about or which make possible termination
of the state of disaster emergency.
(5) An executive order or proclamation shall be
disseminated promptly by means calculated to bring its
contents to the attention of the general public and, unless
the circumstances attendant upon the disaster prevent or
impede, shall be promptly filed with the Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Agency and the Legislative Reference
Bureau for publication under Part II of Title 45 (relating to
publication and effectiveness of Commonwealth documents).
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Section 2. The proclamation of disaster emergency issued by
the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March
21, 2020), and any renewal of the state of disaster emergency,
shall terminate 10 days from the effective date of this section,
unless reauthorized by concurrent resolution of the General
Assembly. If the General Assembly fails to adopt a concurrent
resolution reauthorizing the state of disaster emergency, or no
such concurrent resolution is introduced, by the eleventh day
after the effective date of this section, the state of disaster
emergency shall be automatically terminated.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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