Bill > HJR3

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to New Mexico's Constitution to limit the duration of a governor's declared state of emergency. Currently, the governor has the power to declare a state of emergency. This resolution would automatically terminate such a declaration after ninety days unless the governor convenes a special session of the legislature to address the emergency. Furthermore, to restrict, suspend, or terminate an existing emergency declaration, the legislature would need a supermajority vote of three-fifths in both chambers. If the legislature does not act during the special session, the governor can extend the emergency for up to sixty days, but must call another special session before that extension expires to consider further extensions, with each extension limited to sixty days. The resolution also clarifies that the governor can only declare one emergency for a specific event without legislative consent for subsequent declarations for the same event.