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Committee passes bill to give legislature review and 'kill switch' for statewide emergencies
Summary
Senate Bill 379 won committee approval to create a legislative review process for statewide emergency and public-health declarations, set county/percentage thresholds to trigger legislative involvement, allow concurrent resolutions to terminate emergencies, and require periodic review of directives; sponsor says the governor would sign the bill as presented.
Senate Bill 379, presented by Senator Kim Hammer, passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee after a presentation that described multiple checks on executive emergency authority. Hammer said the bill is intended to give the legislature a formal seat at the table during statewide emergencies and to create a mechanism (a concurrent resolution) to terminate declarations.
Key features Hammer described…
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