SB 301 — AN ACT CONCERNING BIPARTISAN REVIEW OF EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS.

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SEN.(GAE) AN ACT CONCERNING BIPARTISAN REVIEW OF EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS.

SAMPSON, 16th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING BIPARTISAN REVIEW OF EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS.

ThatSection sections1. 19a-131a and 28-9 of the general statutes be amended to require that any joint committee constituted to approve or disapprove a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency by the Governor have equal representation from the majority and minority parties.

StatementSubsection (b) of Purpose:section 19a-131a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):

(b) (1) Any declaration issued pursuant to this section shall become effective upon its filing with the Secretary of the State and with the clerks of the House of Representatives and Senate.

The declaration shall state the nature of the public health emergency, the political subdivisions or geographic area subject to the declaration, the conditions that have brought about the public health emergency, the duration of the public health emergency and the public health authority responding to the emergency.

Any such declaration issued by the Governor may be disapproved and nullified by majority vote of a committee consisting of the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the General Assembly, [and] the LCO No.

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Such disapproval shall not be effective unless filed with the Secretary of the State not later than seventy-two hours after the filing of the Governor's declaration with the Secretary of the State.

(2) Any declaration issued pursuant to this section may be renewed by the Governor upon its filing with the Secretary of the State and with the clerks of the House of Representatives and Senate.

The renewal declaration shall state the nature of the continuing public health emergency, the political subdivisions or geographic area subject to the renewal, the conditions that have brought about the renewal declaration, the duration of the renewal declaration and the public health authority responding to the public health emergency.

Any such renewal declaration issued by the Governor may be disapproved and nullified by majority vote of a committee consisting of the legislative leaders and members specified in subsection (b) of this section.

Such disapproval shall not be effective unless filed with the Secretary of the State not later than seventy-two hours after the filing of the Governor's renewal declaration with the Secretary of the State.

(3) The Governor shall declare a public health emergency to be terminated before theduration stated in the declaration, upon a finding, after informing the legislative leaders and members specified in subsection (b) of this section, that the circumstances that caused such emergency to be declared no longer pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or long-term disability.

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Subsection (a) of section 28-9 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):

(a) In the event of serious disaster, enemy attack, sabotage or other LCO No.

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301 hostile action or in the event of the imminence thereof, the Governor may proclaim that a state of civil preparedness emergency exists, in which event the Governor may personally take direct operational control of any or all parts of the civil preparedness forces and functions in the state.

Any such proclamation shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of the State.

Any such proclamation, or order issued pursuant thereto, issued by the Governor because of a disaster resulting from man-made cause may be disapproved by majority vote of a joint legislative committee consisting of the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, [and] the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the General Assembly and two additional members of the General Assembly, one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, provided at least one of the minority leaders votes for such disapproval.

Such disapproval shall not be effective unless filed with the Secretary of the State not later than seventy-two hours after the filing of the Governor's proclamation with the Secretary of the State.

As soon as possible after such proclamation, if the General Assembly is not then in session, the Governor shall meet with the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the General Assembly and shall confer with them on the advisability of calling a special session of the General Assembly.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2021 19a-131a(b) Sec.

2 July 1, 2021 28-9(a) Statement of Purpose:

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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except underlined.]e entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not Co-Sponsors:

SEN.

SAMPSON, 16th Dist.;

REP.

FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.

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301 REP.

MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.

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