PRINTER'S NO. 511
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
533
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY YAW, LANGERHOLC, PHILLIPS-HILL, PITTMAN, MARTIN
AND STEFANO, APRIL 8, 2021
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, APRIL 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, prohibiting
certain regulatory action during disaster emergencies.
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 7309. Regulatory action during disaster emergencies
prohibited.
(a) Applicability.--This section shall apply during the
period of a declaration by the Governor of a disaster emergency
under section 7301(c) (relating to general authority of
Governor) and notwithstanding any other provision of law.
(b) Regulations.--The following are prohibited, unless the
action is directly related to responding to the disaster
emergency or adhering to a Federal or State statutory timeline
or court order:
(1) Consideration, adoption or publication within the
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