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Committee adopts change to emergency powers definitions in SB 21 51
Senate Judiciary Committee · March 6, 2026
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Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted SB 21 51 with amendments to restrict emergency powers to sudden catastrophic events, clarify severe weather warnings, and allow legislative or city-council termination of declared emergencies.
Chair opened discussion of SB 21 51, saying the bill "clarifies state and local authority during a state or local state of emergency, defines severe weather warnings, [and] amends the definitions of disaster and emergency to limit the use of emergency powers except to address sudden events that cause or are likely to cause…
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