The state House of Representatives approved a resolution to end Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s Covid-19 emergency disaster declaration.
The vote was 113 to 90 and was largely along party lines. Representatives Jim Struzzi, Brian Smith and Abby Major, who all represent portions of Indiana County, all voted in favor of the resolution. If approved by the Senate, the resolution will end Wolf’s covid-19 disaster declaration that has lasted for nearly 16 months. The declaration would end as soon as the ballots from May’s primary election are given their final statewide certification.
House Speaker Republican Brian Cutler said there are some components of the emergency disaster declaration that he and some lawmakers want to keep in place.
The vote yesterday in the state House came on the heels of the two referendum votes on the Primary ballot that give the state legislature a say in the length of the disaster declaration. The bill will head to the PA Senate for their approval.
