TERMINATION OF STATES OF EMERGENCY

HB 535 requires New Mexico governors to end most emergency declarations (both general emergencies under the All Hazard Emergency Management Act and public health emergencies) after 90 days unless the governor calls the legislature into a special session to address the emergency. The legislature can then terminate or modify the emergency declaration via joint resolution during that session; if it doesn’t act, the governor may extend the emergency for up to 60 days but must call another special session for further extensions. The bill also prevents governors from declaring multiple emergencies for the same event without prior legislative approval. This directly affects governors (who declare emergencies) and the legislature (which can override or extend declarations).