Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S700: States of Emergency
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Providing that a state of emergency renewed by the Governor expires within a specified timeframe; authorizing the Legislature to extend the state of emergency under specified circumstances; requiring the Governor to immediately issue a certain executive order or proclamation consistent with the Legislature's concurrent resolution terminating a state of emergency; requiring the Auditor General to update quarterly a specified audit, rather than annually, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to states of emergency; amending s. 252.36, F.S.; providing that a state of emergency renewed by the Governor expires within a specified timeframe; authorizing the Legislature to extend the state of emergency under specified circumstances; providing that such extension is valid for a specified timeframe; prohibiting such timeframe from exceeding the end of the next regular session; requiring the Governor to immediately issue a certain executive order or proclamation consistent with the Legislature's concurrent resolution terminating a state of emergency…
From the introduced text, December 2, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to states of emergency; amending s. 252.36, F.S.; providing that a state of emergency renewed by the Governor expires within a specified timeframe; authorizing the Legislature to extend the state of emergency under specified circumstances; providing that such extension is valid for a specified timeframe; prohibiting such timeframe from exceeding the end of the next regular session; requiring the Governor to immediately issue a certain executive order or proclamation consistent with the Legislature's concurrent resolution terminating a state of emergency; prohibiting the Governor from declaring a substantially similar state of emergency under specified conditions; amending s. 252.3611, F.S.; requiring the Auditor General to update quarterly a specified audit, rather than annually; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (2) and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 252.36, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 252.36 Emergency management powers of the Governor.-- (2) A state of emergency must be declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor if she or he finds an emergency has occurred or that the occurrence or the threat thereof is imminent. The state of emergency must continue until the Governor finds that the threat or danger has been dealt with to the extent that the emergency …