Michigan Legislature Repeals Governor’s Emergency Powers Act
Michigan | July 21, 2021
The Michigan House of Representatives on July 21 voted in favor of repealing the Emergency Powers Act of the Governor. The vote follows the approval of the repeal by the state Senate last week and means the law is officially off the books.
The House voted 60-48 to repeal the law. The Michigan Senate voted 20-15 to repeal on July 15, two days after the state Board of Canvassers certified that Unlock Michigan, a coalition of state residents, had obtained more than the required 340,000 valid signatures to put a repeal proposition before the voters at the next general election.
The legislature’s action to repeal rendered a vote of the people unnecessary. Under Michigan law, if both chambers of the legislature approve a measure put before them by a citizens’ initiative, the governor has no power to veto it and a referendum vote in no longer needed… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)