Washington State 14th District Rep. Chris Corry has launched a new effort to curb the governor’s emergency powers.  House Bill 1535 is co-sponsored by Rep. Peter Abbarno of Centralia, and is identical to House Bill 1772, Corry’s bi-partisan bill from the 2022 legislative session.  This bill focuses on emergencies that last longer than 60 days.  House Bill 1535 allows the Legislature to pass a concurrent resolution declaring the termination of a state of emergency, and allow the governor or Legislature to call a special session, consistent to vote on a concurrent resolution to extend a state of emergency.  If the Legislature is not in session, the SOE may also be terminated in writing by unanimous agreement of all four leaders in the House and Senate.  Sixty days after being signed by the governor, unless extended by the Legislature by a concurrent resolution, the SOE would be terminated, and prohibits the governor from reinstating the same or substantively similar SOE when the original has expired.