HB 5917 Summary

• Amends the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act (1945 PA 302) to restructure how emergency orders are issued during public crises, disasters, or emergencies.

• Reorganizes the governor's emergency powers into six specific categories: traffic control, zone designation, assembly/street controls, curfew establishment, alcohol regulation, and explosives/inflammable materials control.

• Prohibits the governor from using emergency declarations to seize, take, or confiscate lawfully possessed firearms, ammunition, or other weapons.

• Requires that state of emergency declarations and related orders, rules, or regulations must not limit or extend response times for public bodies' duties under the Freedom of Information Act (1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231-15.246).

• Clarifies that emergency orders remain effective only during the declared emergency period and must be rescinded when the governor declares the emergency no longer exists.