Lawmaker’s legislation to limit governor’s emergency powers stuck in committee – WBGZ (Alton)

There are 21 states that empower their legislatures to end a state of emergency by joint resolution at any time, and 12 of those require their legislatures to approve any extension of emergency declarations.

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