Senate takes 1st step to trim governor's emergency powers [View all]
State lawmakers took the first steps Monday to trim the powers of the governor — this one and all successors — to enact and enforce unlimited emergency orders.
On a party-line vote, members of the Republican-Senate Government Committee approved several measures to require governors to get legislative approval once they declare an emergency. In each case, the failure of lawmakers to ratify the action within a certain number of days would end the emergency powers.
“Our government isn’t set up as a monarchy,” complained Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa. “We are not subordinate to the executive branch.”
Townsend said she believes that Gov. Doug Ducey overreacted with the restrictions he put in place last year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Read more: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/01/25/senate-takes-1st-step-to-trim-governors-emergency-powers/
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