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Committee holds bill on special-session emergencies, introduces clarifying RS language

2821830 · March 13, 2025
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Summary

The House State Affairs Committee voted to hold House Bill 344 and introduced RS 32659 to clarify when the governor may declare certain disaster emergencies without convening a special legislative session.

Representative Price presented language to clarify that, for certain disaster emergencies related to fires, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes or invasive species, the governor may declare a disaster emergency without calling a special session. Price said the RS text restates existing time limits and…

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