Indiana 2022 Regular Session

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1	1	HC1007
2	2	November 16, 2021
3	3	HOUSE CONCURRENT
4	4	RESOLUTION No. 3
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	Nisly, Jacob, Prescott, Payne, Jeter,
10	10	Borders, Snow
11	11	November 16, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
12	12	Procedures.
13	13	HC 3—HC 1007/DI 92 November 16, 2021
14	14	Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
15	15	HOUSE CONCURRENT
16	16	RESOLUTION No. 3
17	17	1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION terminating the public
18	18	2 health emergency first declared on March 6, 2020, in Executive
19	19	3 Order 20-02.
20	20	4 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
21	21	5 20-02 declaring a public health emergency on March 6, 2020,
22	22	6 under the authority of Indiana's Emergency Management and
23	23	7 Disaster Law (IC 10-14-3) in response to the global
24	24	8 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic;
25	25	9 Whereas, IC 10-14-3-12 provides that a state of disaster
26	26	10 emergency declared under IC 10-14-3 may not continue for
27	27	11 more than thirty (30) days unless the state of disaster
28	28	12 emergency is renewed by the governor;
29	29	13 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
30	30	14 20-17 renewing the public health emergency declared on
31	31	15 March 6, 2020, for an additional thirty (30) days effective April
32	32	16 5, 2020;
33	33	17 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
34	34	18 20-25 renewing the public health emergency originally
35	35	19 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on April 5, 2020, for
36	36	20 an additional thirty (30) days effective May 5, 2020;
37	37	21 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
38	38	22 20-30 renewing the public health emergency originally
39	39	23 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on May 5, 2020, for
40	40	24 an additional thirty (30) days effective June 4, 2020;
41	41	25 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
42	42	HC 3—HC 1007/DI 92 2
43	43	1 20-34 renewing the public health emergency originally
44	44	2 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on June 4, 2020, for
45	45	3 an additional thirty (30) days effective July 4, 2020;
46	46	4 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
47	47	5 20-38 renewing the public health emergency originally
48	48	6 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on July 4, 2020, for
49	49	7 an additional thirty (30) days effective August 3, 2020;
50	50	8 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
51	51	9 20-41 renewing the public health emergency originally
52	52	10 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on August 3, 2020,
53	53	11 for an additional thirty (30) days effective September 2, 2020;
54	54	12 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
55	55	13 20-44 renewing the public health emergency originally
56	56	14 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on September 2,
57	57	15 2020, for an additional thirty (30) days effective October 2,
58	58	16 2020;
59	59	17 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
60	60	18 20-47 renewing the public health emergency originally
61	61	19 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on October 2, 2020,
62	62	20 for the eighth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
63	63	21 November 1, 2020;
64	64	22 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
65	65	23 20-49 renewing the public health emergency originally
66	66	24 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on November 1, 2020,
67	67	25 for the ninth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
68	68	26 December 1, 2020;
69	69	27 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
70	70	28 20-52 renewing the public health emergency originally
71	71	29 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on December 1, 2020,
72	72	30 for the tenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
73	73	31 December 31, 2020;
74	74	32 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
75	75	33 21-03 renewing the public health emergency originally
76	76	34 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on December 31,
77	77	35 2020, for the eleventh time and an additional thirty (30) days
78	78	36 effective January 30, 2021;
79	79	HC 3—HC 1007/DI 92 3
80	80	1 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
81	81	2 21-05 renewing the public health emergency originally
82	82	3 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on January 30, 2021,
83	83	4 for the twelfth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
84	84	5 March 1, 2021;
85	85	6 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
86	86	7 21-08 renewing the public health emergency originally
87	87	8 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on March 1, 2021, for
88	88	9 the thirteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
89	89	10 March 31, 2021;
90	90	11 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
91	91	12 21-11 renewing the public health emergency originally
92	92	13 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on March 31, 2021,
93	93	14 for the fourteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days
94	94	15 effective May 1, 2021;
95	95	16 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
96	96	17 21-14 renewing the public health emergency originally
97	97	18 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on May 1, 2021, for
98	98	19 the fifteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
99	99	20 June 1, 2021;
100	100	21 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
101	101	22 21-16 renewing the public health emergency originally
102	102	23 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on June 1, 2021, for
103	103	24 the sixteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
104	104	25 July 1, 2021;
105	105	26 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
106	106	27 21-18 renewing the public health emergency originally
107	107	28 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on July 1, 2021, for
108	108	29 the seventeenth time and an additional thirty (30) days effective
109	109	30 August 1, 2021;
110	110	31 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
111	111	32 21-22 renewing the public health emergency originally
112	112	33 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on August 1, 2021,
113	113	34 for the eighteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days
114	114	35 effective August 31, 2021;
115	115	36 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
116	116	37 21-26 renewing the public health emergency originally
117	117	HC 3—HC 1007/DI 92 4
118	118	1 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on August 31, 2021,
119	119	2 for the nineteenth time and an additional thirty (30) days
120	120	3 effective October 1, 2021;
121	121	4 Whereas, Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order
122	122	5 21-28 renewing the public health emergency originally
123	123	6 declared on March 6, 2020, and renewed on October 1, 2021,
124	124	7 for the twentieth time and an additional thirty (30) days
125	125	8 effective November 1, 2021;
126	126	9 Whereas, IC 10-14-3-12 authorizes the general assembly, by
127	127	10 concurrent resolution, to terminate a state of disaster
128	128	11 emergency at any time and specifies that, if the general
129	129	12 assembly terminates a state of disaster emergency under the
130	130	13 statute, the governor shall issue an executive order or
131	131	14 proclamation ending the state of disaster emergency;
132	132	15 Whereas, The general assembly finds that Hoosiers are
133	133	16 responsible for and capable of protecting the health and safety
134	134	17 of themselves and their families;
135	135	18 Whereas, The general assembly finds that Hoosiers have been
136	136	19 educated and informed on how to properly protect themselves
137	137	20 and their families from COVID-19;
138	138	21 Whereas, The general assembly finds that the state of
139	139	22 emergency is no longer necessary to protect the health, safety,
140	140	23 and welfare of the residents of Indiana;
141	141	24 Whereas, The general assembly finds that state agency
142	142	25 actions initiated in response to COVID-19, regardless of
143	143	26 whether the agency actions were initiated under the authority
144	144	27 of the declared public health emergency, are no longer
145	145	28 necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
146	146	29 residents of Indiana;
147	147	30 Whereas, The general assembly finds that the various
148	148	31 restrictions imposed upon the residents of Indiana to implement
149	149	32 the state of disaster emergency are no longer necessary to
150	150	33 protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of
151	151	34 Indiana; and
152	152	35 Whereas, The general assembly recommends that state
153	153	36 agencies terminate, withdraw, or otherwise revoke all state
154	154	HC 3—HC 1007/DI 92 5
155	155	1 agency actions, policies, or orders initiated in response to
156	156	2 COVID-19: Therefore,
157	157	3 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
158	158	4 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
159	159	5 the Senate concurring:
160	160	6 SECTION 1. That the General Assembly terminates the
161	161	7 public health emergency that was originally declared by the
162	162	8 Governor on March 6, 2020, and renewed for the twentieth time
163	163	9 on November 1, 2021, effective immediately upon the passage
164	164	10 of this resolution by the Senate.
165	165	11 SECTION 2. That the General Assembly determines that any
166	166	12 actions taken by the Governor or any requirements issued by the
167	167	13 Governor pursuant to his authority under an emergency
168	168	14 declaration are also hereby terminated.
169	169	15 SECTION 3. That copies of this resolution be transmitted by
170	170	16 the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives to Governor
171	171	17 Eric Holcomb.
172	172	HC 3—HC 1007/DI 92