Eliminate Governor’s Power for Shutdown

HB 4692 would require West Virginia's legislature to vote on extending a governor's state of emergency (beyond 60 days) or state of preparedness (beyond 30 days), rather than allowing the governor to unilaterally extend these declarations. The bill mandates that if the governor declares a state of emergency, the legislature must convene within 48 hours to decide whether to continue the emergency and which actions to maintain. This directly affects the governor's emergency powers and gives the legislature a formal role in approving extensions of emergency authority. The bill aims to limit the governor's unilateral emergency powers by requiring legislative oversight for continued emergency declarations.