{"id":7810,"date":"2021-09-06T16:46:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2021-09-06T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:46:14","slug":"special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 7. The special session will specifically address the escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Commonwealth sees surging infection rates and hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed \u00a0new laws passed by the Kentucky General Assembly earlier this year to \u00a0limit the Governor\u2019s authority to issue executive orders during the pandemic. A special session is needed to extend the declaration of emergency and other protections before lapsing next week.<\/p>\n<p>During a special session, legislators can only take up the issues that are included in the call by the Governor. \u00a0Governor Beshear issued the call yesterday afternoon and requested that the General Assembly address the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extend Kentucky\u2019s COVID-19 state of emergency through January 2022, when lawmakers will be back in regular session<\/li>\n<li>Review previously issued executive orders, along with agency and cabinet orders<\/li>\n<li>Consider criteria that would allow the governor to issue mask mandates<\/li>\n<li>Extend SB 5, the critical bill that provided liability protections for employers during the state of emergency<\/li>\n<li>Extend SB 150 which relaxed regulations and expanded access to telehealth services<\/li>\n<li>Provide flexibility for school districts as the grapple with increasing numbers of quarantines, staff shortages, and closures<\/li>\n<li>Appropriate funds for American Rescue Plan for continued COVID-19 response<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Governor Beshear noted that he and lawmakers have had productive conversations thus far. Stay tuned to Policy Distilled next week for more information as the special session gets underway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 7. The special session will specifically address the escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Commonwealth sees surging infection rates and hospitalizations&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy-and-legislation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday &ndash; One Louisville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday &ndash; One Louisville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"One Louisville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alana Turner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GLIChamber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GLIChamber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alana Turner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alana Turner\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19f598e08fc40e4bbfa34d518831e5e7\"},\"headline\":\"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Policy Distilled\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\",\"name\":\"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday &ndash; One Louisville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/\",\"name\":\"One Louisville\",\"description\":\"Accelerating Economic Inclusion &amp; Opportunity for All\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"One Louisville\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png\",\"width\":391,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"One Louisville\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLIChamber\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glichamber\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/30269\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19f598e08fc40e4bbfa34d518831e5e7\",\"name\":\"Alana Turner\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/author\/aturner\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday &ndash; One Louisville","description":"After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday &ndash; One Louisville","og_description":"After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10","og_url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/","og_site_name":"One Louisville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/","article_published_time":"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00","author":"Alana Turner","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GLIChamber","twitter_site":"@GLIChamber","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alana Turner","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/"},"author":{"name":"Alana Turner","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19f598e08fc40e4bbfa34d518831e5e7"},"headline":"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday","datePublished":"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/"},"wordCount":266,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Policy Distilled"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/","name":"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday &ndash; One Louisville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-06T20:46:14+00:00","description":"After more than a week of speculation and negotiation, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the General Assembly back into a special session beginning 10","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/special-session-to-address-covid-to-begin-tuesday\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Special session to address COVID to begin Tuesday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/","name":"One Louisville","description":"Accelerating Economic Inclusion &amp; Opportunity for All","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization","name":"One Louisville","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png","width":391,"height":150,"caption":"One Louisville"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLIChamber","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glichamber\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/30269\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19f598e08fc40e4bbfa34d518831e5e7","name":"Alana Turner","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/author\/aturner\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}