Eight U.S. States Have Enacted Laws Limiting Governors’ Emergency Powers since the Start of the Pandemic

It should be a lot more states!

"n response to the coronavirus pandemic, governors and state agencies in all 50 states relied on emergency power authority to enact stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and other restrictions on businesses and individuals. Since March 2020, 10 bills in eight states have been signed into law that are aimed at increasing legislative oversight of governors’ emergency powers. These laws were enacted in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah.

Additionally, voters in Pennsylvania will have a chance on May 18, 2021, to approve a measure the Pennsylvania State Legislature certified for the ballot that would limit the governor’s emergency powers. ..."

Eight States Have Enacted Laws Limiting Governors’ Emergency Powers since the Start of the Pandemic - Heartland Daily News