Report: Under the Cover of COVID-A Survey of 2020-2021 State Preemption Trends.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
A comprehensive report
published by the Local
Solutions Support Center overviews
state preemption policies relating to tobacco regulations and other public
health policies passed during the COVID-19 emergency.
Historically, this report from the Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) has
focused on preemption bills and trends that emerged in the most recent
legislative session. But because 2020 legislative sessions were shortened,
suspended, or refocused by the pandemic, this briefing will look at trends in
state interference that took hold in legislatures and state Executive Orders in
2020 and that are likely to dominate action in 2021. Additionally, to provide
important context for this moment, this report will also trace the history of
state preemption in the South back to the plantation, document industry’s
exploitation of the pandemic, and make the case that preemption can be used as
a tool that reinforces and upholds white supremacy. Finally, this report is not
an encyclopedic scan of every state preemption bill passed or Executive Order
issued in 2020 or expected in 2021. It is, instead, an illustrative look at
preemption trends across states and policies intended to inform elected
officials, advocates, and their allies.
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