General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5103
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 201
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. HARRISON, 69th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF RENEWALS OF
DECLARATIONS OF EMERGENCY AND THE CONTINUATION OF
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That sections 28-9 and 19a-131a of the general statutes be amended to
2 (1) limit the duration of an initial declaration of a public health or civil
3 preparedness emergency to no more than sixty days, (2) require the
4 General Assembly to authorize any renewal of such declaration, and (3)
5 require the General Assembly to vote to continue or discontinue any
6 executive orders issued pursuant to the initial declaration.
Statement of Purpose:
To require legislative approval for renewals of a declaration of a public
health or civil preparedness emergency and the continuation of
executive orders issued pursuant to the declaration.
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