Karin Housley voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires the Governor to Seek Approval Before Extending an Emergency Declaration
Vote to pass a bill that requires the governor to seek legislative approval before extending an emergency declaration beyond 30 days.
Prohibits a peacetime emergency from being continued for more than 5 days unless extended by resolution of the Executive Council for up to an additional 25 days for a cumulative total of 30 days (Sec. 1.a).
Prohibits the governor from extending a peacetime emergency beyond the 30 days provided unless the extension is approved by majority vote of each house of the legislature (Sec. 1.b).
Prohibits the governor from allowing a peacetime emergency declaration to expire and declare a new peacetime emergency for the same emergency in an effort to avoid obtaining legislative approval for an extension of a peacetime emergency (Sec. 1.c).
Specifies if a peacetime emergency declaration is in effect and the governor determines the need to declare an additional, separate peacetime emergency in response to a different event than the event for which the first emergency was declared, the governor is not required to make an additional declaration for the second peacetime emergency except for purposes of receiving federal aid (Sec. 1.d).
Title: Requires the Governor to Seek Approval Before Extending an Emergency Declaration