2025 bills / H.B. 150
H.B. 150 Emergency Communications Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill stops nonvoting board members from attending closed portions of board meetings for emergency communications. It also changes the strategic plan review from every year to every three years, requires periodic review and updates of the statewide CAD-to-CAD protocol, and removes the rule that all answering points in a county must qualify before any one of them can receive funds.
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Official description
- prohibits nonvoting board members from attending closed portions of board meetings
- changes the comprehensive strategic plan review cycle from annual to every three years
- requires periodic review and updates of the statewide CAD-to-CAD protocol
- removes the requirement that all public safety answering points in a county must qualify for a proportionate share of remaining funds for any public safety answering point in that county to receive funds
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 30, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 30, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Jan 30, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Feb 3, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 5 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Jan 30, 2025 House Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 18, 2025 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- Feb 19, 2025 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 27, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 28, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch