Tuesday evening State Representative Garth Everett informed his constituents about HR836 passing the PA House.
‼️BREAKING: HR836 PASSES 121-81 IN THE HOUSE‼️
Tonight the PA House and Senate passed a resolution which requires by law that the governor must end the emergency declaration.
Under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the General Assembly has the authority to terminate a state of disaster emergency at any time by concurrent resolution. Upon adoption of the resolution, the governor must issue an executive order or proclamation ending the state of disaster emergency. Today’s House vote completes the concurrent resolution process.
A Note From Rep. Everett: We are Putting PA Back to Work and Back to Life
Back in March, the disaster declaration, ratcheting down PA and flattening the curve of the COVID-19 made sense. Three months later, the curve is flattened. The peak number of cases was two months ago at about 2,000 per day and has decreased to below 1,000 per day for the last three weeks despite more than half the state being partially opened up.
The point is that there is no longer a need for the Disaster Declaration and Governor Tom Wolf single-handedly deciding what businesses can be open, how many people can be in a restaurant and how we worship. It is time to allow the citizens of Pennsylvania to decide how to safely live and run their businesses.
We now know who the vulnerable members of our population are — the elderly and those with certain pre-existing medical conditions. It is time we protect and isolate the vulnerable rather than restricting the entire population of the state.
Ending the Disaster Declaration does not mean that COVID-19 is gone, but that it is time to get state government back to normal, and for the citizens of Pennsylvania to take charge of their lives and health.
