HB169
Emerg. management; Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Sec. shall convene work group to evaluate.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 18, 2026
Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Chief Patron:
Alex Askew (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security; work group; report.
Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate existing emergency management needs and analyze sustainability of current funding, among other things, and to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the ... (More) Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on or before October 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102940D
- 01/06/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/08/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
- 01/15/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 01/22/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/04/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106419D-H1
- 02/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/11/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/11/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
