Bills: HB441, HB425, HB416

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, mental health, regional authority, board of directors, local governance, public health, sudden cardiac arrest, automated external defibrillator, AED, school safety, emergency response, cardiac emergency response plan, training, athletic events, first aid, 923

Bills: HB441, HB425, HB416

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, mental health, regional authority, board of directors, local governance, public health, sudden cardiac arrest, automated external defibrillator, AED, school safety, emergency response, cardiac emergency response plan, training, athletic events, first aid, sessions

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• that outlines cardiac emergency response policies.
• Survival depends on three things: immediate CPR, quick access to an AED, and a prepared response plan
• emergency response plan aligned with national best practices?
• Our goal remains the same: ensuring every school can act quickly in a cardiac emergency.
• emergency plan.

Bills: SB1131, SB1249

Keywords: cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, Alzheimer's, dementia, memory care, cognitive decline, brain health, caregiver support, long-term care, in-home care, public health, health services, state plan, dementia services program, Arizona Department of Health Services, aging

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• </c><00:05:21.360><c> arrest</c> gap between a sudden cardiac arrest gap between a sudden cardiac arrest
• Our goal is to cardiac arrest.
• </c><00:06:16.400><c> arrest,</c> In the case of a sudden cardiac arrest, In the case of a sudden cardiac
• </c><00:07:27.280><c> uh</c> cardiac arrest are very critical. uh cardiac arrest are very critical. uh
• Um, I do certainly plan to support it.

Bills: HF1532, HF1290, HF2231, HF2013

Keywords: eminent domain, reimbursement, property acquisition, appraisal, landowner rights, HF1290, AED, automatic external defibrillator, defibrillator signage, wayfinding signs, roadside signs, directional signage, public access AED, emergency medical response, cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest, public safety, Minnesota Department of Transportation, road authority, transportation law

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• SB68 proposes to simply update and align Alabama law with present-day emergency management operations

Bills: SB68, SB68

Keywords: emergency management, mutual aid, disaster response, local government, political subdivision, public safety, public health, emergency services, first responders, intergovernmental agreements, reciprocal aid, emergency preparedness, local emergency management organization, governing body, liability immunity, Alabama Code 31-9-9, Alabama Code 31-9-11, tribal agreements, federally recognized Indian tribes, state emergency management plan

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• What this does is modernize counties' authority to coordinate emergency aid resources.
• This legislation proposes specific updates to align Alabama law with present-day Emergency Management

Bills: HB68, HB140, HB168

Keywords: foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health

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• </c> use those to inform the reading plans use those to inform the reading plans that<00:48:25.440><c
• Uh that once again literacy plans.
• These are not common plans.
• It can be part of a plan, but it can’t be the plan. On to page eight. Universal screener.
• </c> and level of responsibility. and level of responsibility.

Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115

Keywords: annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, cardiac emergency, defibrillator, school safety, training, public health, 916, all

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• The cardiac emergency response plan specifically is related to the cardiac chain of survival.
• emergency response<00:52:11.280><c> plan.
• By creating, practicing, and, if necessary, executing a cardiac emergency response plan, our schools
• That's why having a cardiac emergency response plan and a well-rehearsed emergency action plan is so
• Requiring cardiac emergency response plans to be on file and practice annually is not burdensome.

Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115

Keywords: annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, cardiac emergency, defibrillator, school safety, training, public health, 916, all

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• </c> available because uh of the planning available because uh of the planning efforts<00:16:16.160><
• Yes, there is responsibility to the individual who is maintaining the cabinet.
• Yes, there is responsibility to the individual who is maintaining the cabinet.
• Yes, there is responsibility to the individual who is maintaining the cabinet.
• So the DO's response summed it up there.

Bills: HF3006, HF2130, HF1290

Keywords: Department of Corrections, DOC, corrections budget, supplemental appropriation, deficiency funding, public safety finance, incarceration, prerelease services, community supervision, postrelease services, supervised release, probation, reentry, reentry services, prison reform, body-worn cameras, corrections officer cameras, ARMER radio system, PREA, Prison Rape Elimination Act

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• I just think it should be the Department of Correction's responsibility to notify those people that are
• It was just a little cleanup bill giving some civil immunity to what you call the Community Emergency
• Response Team.
• I need to give this to the juvenile court to evaluate the best safety plan for the child.' ...the best
• safety plan for the child.

Bills: SB156, SB134, SB108, SB47, SB88, SB89, SB106, SB18, SB9, HB38, HB54

Keywords: habitual felony offender, resentencing, Alabama Department of Corrections, victim notification, criminal justice reform, life sentences, parole eligibility, pardon, parole, law enforcement, GPS monitoring, data sharing, mail theft, stolen mail, criminal penalties, personally identifying information, felony, misdemeanor, SB47, Alabama

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• </c><00:04:56.680><c> response</c> Hawaii's emergency response Hawaii's emergency response infrastructure
• </c> further strengthen Hawaii's emergency further strengthen Hawaii's emergency response<00:05:35.280
• Over those decades, I responded to countless emergencies, drowning and spinal injuries, and cardiac arrest
• Over those decades, I responded to countless emergencies, drowning and spinal injuries, and cardiac arrest
• </c> care in emergency medicine. care in emergency medicine.

Bills: HCR92, HCR46, HCR172, HCR147, HCR112, HCR100, HR84, HR42, HR139, HR104, HR92

Keywords: automated external defibrillator, AED, cardiac arrest, state buildings, health education, public health, lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, Hawaii, workers' compensation, auditor, procurement audit, compliance, Department of Human Resources Development, transparency, accountability, medical care

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• It's currently a short call substitute teacher pilot and is renamed to the short call emergency substitute
• We feel strongly that the provisions we put forward this year. demonstrate our agency's responsibility
• So just wanted to make sure everyone knew that's what the plan is.

Bills: HF1306

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response

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• </c> to move on to relating to emergency to move on to relating to emergency management,<00:20:43.840
• ><c> currently</c> are in a state of emergency currently are in a state of emergency currently and<00
• </c> emergency proclamation. emergency proclamation.
• </c> governor's emergency powers. governor's emergency powers.
• It happened during COVID. emergencies in the state. There's a emergencies in the state.

Bills: SB2109, SB2151

Keywords: emergency preparedness, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, multilingual resources, American Sign Language, public education, community resilience, disaster response, emergency management, governor powers, legislative oversight, public safety, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Public Safety met on March 20, 2026, and the chair opened by noting severe rain and flooding conditions in Hawaii and said the committee would proceed with the hearing but defer decision-making until the next meeting on March 25. The first measure discussed was SB 2109, an omnibus bill on emergency preparedness communications. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including from state agencies and advocacy groups such as the Disability and Communications Access Board, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Legal Clinic, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and others. Supporters emphasized the need for funding and planning for multilingual emergency materials and language access, citing current evacuation notices that were not available in languages such as Ilokano or Tongan. The chair stated that action on SB 2109 would be deferred until March 25. The committee then heard SB 2151, relating to emergency management and changes to the governor’s emergency authority. Testimony was mixed but heavily focused on concerns about executive power. Earthjustice supported the bill with amendments, saying it should narrow extraordinary emergency powers, add definitions for emergency and disaster, preserve transparency under the Uniform Information Practices Act, and lower the legislative threshold to terminate an emergency proclamation from two-thirds to a simple majority. Other supporters, including the League of Women Voters of Hawaii and some individuals, also backed reform. Opponents, including Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and numerous individuals, argued the bill still gave the governor too much power, used overly broad disaster definitions, and did not sufficiently protect constitutional rights; several urged major amendments or repeal of portions of Chapter 127A. Some opponents specifically objected to the two-thirds termination standard and to provisions they said could enable compulsory immunizations or other mandates. Members questioned Earthjustice about whether the bill would suspend constitutional rights. Earthjustice responded that the bill would not authorize constitutional violations, but would allow suspension of laws enacted by the legislature, and pointed to existing statutory procedures for individuals to challenge emergency proclamations. The witness described a Mauna Kea case in which a three-judge panel granted relief to an individual under the current statute, and explained that the process could potentially affect a broader proclamation if allowed to run to completion. The hearing continued with additional testimony and questions, but no final vote or committee action on SB 2151 was taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• It's currently a short-call substitute teacher pilot, and this renames it to the short-call emergency
• </c><00:03:19.680><c> substitute</c> the short call emergency substitute the short call emergency substitute
• We feel strongly that the provisions we put forward this year demonstrate our agency responsibility to
• <00:15:28.800><c> to</c><00:15:29.040><c> statutory</c><00:15:29.680><c> integrity</c> responsibility
• So just wanted to make sure everyone knew that's what the plan is with that.

Bills: HF1306

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response, 1183, house

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• The bill will help improve emergency response time, especially during a large-scale emergency and high
• The bill will help in improve emergency The bill will help in improve emergency response<00:14:46.920
• time especially during a large response time especially during a large scale<00:14:48.880><c> emergency
• </c> communication board's strategic plan. communication board's strategic plan.
• First, real-time response.

Bills: HF4810, HF4597, HF1082, HF3230

Keywords: public safety, radio communications, infrastructure funding, county funding, interoperability, ARMER network, local jurisdictions, HF4597, Minnesota public safety, 911, emergency dispatch, emergency communications, public safety appropriation, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, PSAP, dispatch interoperability, real-time coordination, emergency response coordination, cross-jurisdictional response, 911 center awareness platform

Bills: HCR13, HCR91, HCR183, HR15, HR83

Keywords: coral reefs, sunscreen, environmental education, student stewardship, marine conservation, tree canopy, public schools, environmental equity, shade coverage, education, HCR183, House Concurrent Resolution, Department of Education, DOE, immigration enforcement, ICE, federal immigration officers, sensitive locations, school safety, student protection

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• House Bill 624 by Speaker Pro Tem Johnson provides relative to emergency operations plans at public schools
• And what it is now is a national standard, which is emergency operations plan, and aligns our statutes
• Witness: I see that the parent is responsible.
• So our schedule was planned around student concerns.
• That time will be spent planning because we lose a lot of that planning throughout the day.

Bills: HB624, HB1022, HB1203, SB82, SB206, SB305, SB376, SB441

Keywords: school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest

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• Madam Chair, members, SB 1009 expands the emergency training response instruction requirements for public
• arrest of presumed cardiac cause were reported statewide.
• Emergency response should be available to everyone, not just those who can afford wealthier neighborhoods
• When a cardiac arrest strikes, time is life.
• Cardiac arrest deserves the same urgency.

Bills: SB1009

Keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, AED training, high school curriculum, public school, safety training, emergency response, 1182, all

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• Emergency management and emergency response disciplines have gone through this process, except the emergency
• We're not actively involved in emergency response, but National Weather Service emergency responders
• But we are only a planning agency; we're not a forecasting agency or an emergency response agency.
• We are not an emergency response entity.
• For that, because I am not in emergency... our emergency response entities. Thank you.

Keywords: flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.

Bills: HF2393, HF2052, HF2218, HF2307, HF2003, HF2366, HSB725, HF2078, HSB554, HSB676, HSB717, HF2270, HSB718, HF2306, HSB746, HF332, HF460, HSB680, HF2051, HSB677, HF2187, HSB719, HF2123, HF2451, HF621, HSB608, HSB683, HSB735

Keywords: education savings account, general fund, school districts, funding flexibility, teacher salary, professional development, preschool, education, community-based providers, instruction, school district agreements, special education, classroom cameras, video surveillance, school safety, student privacy, FERPA, Iowa school districts, charter schools, innovation zone schools

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