Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended local COVID-19 emergency orders Monday and signed a proposal lawmakers approved last week that limits local governments ability to impose mask requirements and other social-distancing measures.
The bill, SB 2006, also makes permanent DeSantis executive order that prohibits vaccine passports, saying it is unnecessary to be policing people at this point.
Executive order 21-102 immediately suspends all local COVID-19 restrictions and mandates on individuals and businesses.
For the remainder of Florida s state of emergency, which was recently continued until June 26, no county or municipality may renew or enact an emergency order or ordinance . that imposes restrictions or mandates upon businesses or individuals due to the COVID-19 emergency.
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning vaccine passports; suspends COVID-19 local emergency orders
By FOX 13 News staff
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Dan Matics reports
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - From a waterfront restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine passports and limits the authority of cities and counties in future healthcare crises. My message is that the vaccines protect you. Get vaccinated, and then live your life as if you are protected, DeSantis said during an event at the Big Catch at Salt Creek, a St. Petersburg restaurant. You don’t have to chafe under restrictions Infinitum.
Senate President
Wilton Simpson said Monday the Florida Capitol will likely reopen to the public ahead of the Legislature’s Special Session in May.
“I believe we intend to fully open for Special Session,” Simpson told reporters Monday in St. Petersburg alongside Gov.
Ron DeSantis, House Speaker
Chris Sprowls and several Republican lawmakers.
The move marks the state’s latest efforts to roll back early COVID-19 restrictions. And it comes less than 72 hours after the Legislature
concludedthe 2021 Legislative Session.
Unlike the rest of Florida where DeSantis scaled back restrictions, the Capitol doors have remained closed to the public since last March.