RELATED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Summary
Prohibits the governor from declaring a state of emergency requiring the shutdown of any type of business or operation, or the quarantine of any person, for a period of more than 28 days. Allows a state of emergency to be extended by periods of 14 days if each extension is approved by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2021
Last action Jan 27, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to PDP/ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SY
Scott Y. Nishimoto
DDemocratic
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