AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION OF THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS.

SB 664 requires the Connecticut General Assembly to approve (via a two-thirds vote) any governor's emergency declaration for public health or civil preparedness emergencies. It allows any legislator to trigger this vote, directly affecting governors who issue such declarations and legislators who must vote on them. The bill changes existing law by adding a legislative check: governors can no longer renew emergency declarations without the General Assembly's formal approval. This aims to restore legislative oversight over emergency powers, ensuring broader consensus before extended emergency measures take effect.