HB 2471
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: MAPS DP 6-5-0-4
HB 2471: state of emergency; termination
Sponsor: Representative Carroll, LD 22
Caucus & COW
Overview
Specifies the duration of a proclaimed state of emergency.
History
Statute currently stipulates that a state of emergency terminates upon proclamation of the
Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature (Laws 2021, Capter 405, Section 8).
Applicable to this bill, a state of emergency is defined as the duly proclaimed existence of
conditions of disaster or extreme peril caused by air pollution, fire, flood, storm epidemic, riot or
earthquake which require the combined efforts of the state to manage (A.R.S. § 26-301).
Provisions
1. Stipulates that a state of emergency terminates 14 days after its proclamation unless the
Governor calls for a special session of the Legislature. (Sec. 1)
2. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note