TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 3, 2020

A GOP-led panel of House and Senate lawmakers issued suggestions Tuesday that would give the legislature the power to limit or overturn emergency orders from the governor during future health crises, the Associated Press reports. Those recommendations would treat health-related emergency orders differently than others, with caps on how long a governor’s health state of emergency can stand before lawmakers would get a vote on it; power for lawmakers to override a state of emergency or executive order; requirements for notice and fiscal impact estimates of an emergency order; and more. Gov. Bill Lee, however, would be exempt from these rules, since they would only apply to the next administration.