Indiana 2022 Regular Session

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Old	New	Differences
1	1	HC1009
2	2	November 16, 2021
3	3	HOUSE CONCURRENT
4	4	RESOLUTION No. 2
5	5	DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
6	6	A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION terminating the public
7	7	health emergency first declared on March 6, 2020, in Executive
8	8	Order 20-02.
9	9	Prescott, Snow, Goodrich, Barrett,
10	10	King, Lauer, VanNatter, Mayfield,
11	11	Miller D, Speedy, Morris, Payne,
12	12	Olthoff, Zent, Morrison, Hostettler,
13	13	Davis, Lucas, Lindauer, Borders,
14	14	Heaton, O'Brien, Slager, Judy,
15	15	Bartels, Nisly, Jeter, Young J,
16	16	Jordan, Abbott, Wesco
17	17	November 16, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
18	18	Procedures.
19	19	HC 2—HC 1009/DI 92 November 16, 2021
20	20	Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
21	21	HOUSE CONCURRENT
22	22	RESOLUTION No. 2
23	23	1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION terminating the public
24	24	2 health emergency first declared on March 6, 2020, in Executive
25	25	3 Order 20-02.
26	26	4 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
27	27	5 20-02 declaring a public health emergency on March 6, 2020,
28	28	6 under the authority of Indiana's Emergency Management and
29	29	7 Disaster Law (IC 10-14-3) in response to the global
30	30	8 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic;
31	31	9 Whereas, IC 10-14-3-12 provides that a state of disaster
32	32	10 emergency declared under IC 10-14-3 may not continue for
33	33	11 more than thirty (30) days unless the state of disaster
34	34	12 emergency is renewed by the governor;
35	35	13 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
36	36	14 20-17 renewing the public health emergency declared on
37	37	15 March 6, 2020, for an additional thirty (30) days effective April
38	38	16 5, 2020;
39	39	17 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
40	40	18 20-25 renewing the public health emergency originally
41	41	19 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on April 5, 2020, for
42	42	20 an additional thirty (30) days effective May 5, 2020;
43	43	21 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
44	44	22 20-30 renewing the public health emergency originally
45	45	23 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on May 5, 2020, for
46	46	24 an additional thirty (30) days effective June 4, 2020;
47	47	25 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
48	48	HC 2—HC 1009/DI 92 2
49	49	1 20-34 renewing the public health emergency originally
50	50	2 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on June 4, 2020, for
51	51	3 an additional thirty (30) days effective July 4, 2020;
52	52	4 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
53	53	5 20-38 renewing the public health emergency originally
54	54	6 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on July 4, 2020, for
55	55	7 an additional thirty (30) days effective August 3, 2020;
56	56	8 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
57	57	9 20-41 renewing the public health emergency originally
58	58	10 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on August 3, 2020,
59	59	11 for an additional thirty (30) days effective September 2, 2020;
60	60	12 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
61	61	13 20-44 renewing the public health emergency originally
62	62	14 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on September 2,
63	63	15 2020, for an additional thirty (30) days effective October 2,
64	64	16 2020;
65	65	17 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
66	66	18 20-47 renewing the public health emergency originally
67	67	19 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on October 2, 2020,
68	68	20 for the eighth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
69	69	21 November 1, 2020;
70	70	22 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
71	71	23 20-49 renewing the public health emergency originally
72	72	24 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on November 1, 2020,
73	73	25 for the ninth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
74	74	26 December 1, 2020;
75	75	27 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
76	76	28 20-52 renewing the public health emergency originally
77	77	29 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on December 1, 2020,
78	78	30 for the tenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
79	79	31 December 31, 2020;
80	80	32 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
81	81	33 21-03 renewing the public health emergency originally
82	82	34 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on December 31,
83	83	35 2020, for the eleventh time and an additional thirty (30) days
84	84	36 effective January 30, 2021;
85	85	HC 2—HC 1009/DI 92 3
86	86	1 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
87	87	2 21-05 renewing the public health emergency originally
88	88	3 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on January 30, 2021,
89	89	4 for the twelfth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
90	90	5 March 1, 2021;
91	91	6 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
92	92	7 21-08 renewing the public health emergency originally
93	93	8 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on March 1, 2021, for
94	94	9 the thirteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
95	95	10 March 31, 2021;
96	96	11 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
97	97	12 21-11 renewing the public health emergency originally
98	98	13 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on March 31, 2021,
99	99	14 for the fourteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days
100	100	15 effective May 1, 2021;
101	101	16 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
102	102	17 21-14 renewing the public health emergency originally
103	103	18 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on May 1, 2021, for
104	104	19 the fifteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
105	105	20 June 1, 2021;
106	106	21 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
107	107	22 21-16 renewing the public health emergency originally
108	108	23 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on June 1, 2021, for
109	109	24 the sixteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
110	110	25 July 1, 2021;
111	111	26 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
112	112	27 21-18 renewing the public health emergency originally
113	113	28 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on July 1, 2021, for
114	114	29 the seventeenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
115	115	30 August 1, 2021;
116	116	31 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
117	117	32 21-22 renewing the public health emergency originally
118	118	33 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on August 1, 2021,
119	119	34 for the eighteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days
120	120	35 effective August 31, 2021;
121	121	36 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
122	122	37 21-26 renewing the public health emergency originally
123	123	HC 2—HC 1009/DI 92 4
124	124	1 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on August 31, 2021,
125	125	2 for the nineteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days
126	126	3 effective October 1, 2021;
127	127	4 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
128	128	5 21-28 renewing the public health emergency originally
129	129	6 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on October 1, 2021,
130	130	7 for the twentieth time and an additional thirty (30) days
131	131	8 effective November 1, 2021;
132	132	9 Whereas, IC 10-14-3-12 authorizes the general assembly, by
133	133	10 concurrent resolution, to terminate a state of disaster
134	134	11 emergency at any time and specifies that, if the general
135	135	12 assembly terminates a state of disaster emergency under the
136	136	13 statute, the governor shall issue an executive order or
137	137	14 proclamation ending the state of disaster emergency;
138	138	15 Whereas, The general assembly finds that Hoosiers are
139	139	16 responsible for and capable of protecting the health and safety
140	140	17 of themselves and their families;
141	141	18 Whereas, The general assembly finds that Hoosiers have been
142	142	19 educated and informed on how to properly protect themselves
143	143	20 and their families from COVID-19;
144	144	21 Whereas, The general assembly finds that the state of
145	145	22 emergency is no longer necessary to protect the health, safety,
146	146	23 and welfare of the residents of Indiana;
147	147	24 Whereas, The general assembly finds that state agency
148	148	25 actions initiated in response to COVID-19, regardless of
149	149	26 whether the agency actions were initiated under the authority
150	150	27 of the declared public health emergency, are no longer
151	151	28 necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
152	152	29 residents of Indiana;
153	153	30 Whereas, The general assembly finds that the various
154	154	31 restrictions imposed upon the residents of Indiana to implement
155	155	32 the state of disaster emergency are no longer necessary to
156	156	33 protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of
157	157	34 Indiana; and
158	158	35 Whereas, The general assembly recommends that state
159	159	36 agencies terminate, withdraw, or otherwise revoke all state
160	160	HC 2—HC 1009/DI 92 5
161	161	1 agency actions, policies, or orders initiated in response to
162	162	2 COVID-19: Therefore,
163	163	3 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
164	164	4 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
165	165	5 the Senate concurring:
166	166	6 SECTION 1. That the General Assembly terminates the
167	167	7 public health emergency that was originally declared by the
168	168	8 Governor on March 6, 2020, and renewed on a monthly basis
169	169	9 ever since, effective immediately upon the passage of this
170	170	10 resolution by the Senate.
171	171	11 SECTION 2. That the General Assembly determines that any
172	172	12 actions taken by the Governor or any requirements issued by the
173	173	13 Governor pursuant to his authority under an emergency
174	174	14 declaration are also hereby terminated.
175	175	15 SECTION 3. That copies of this resolution be transmitted by
176	176	16 the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives to Governor
177	177	17 Eric Holcomb.
178	178	HC 2—HC 1009/DI 92