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Committee OKs amendment dropping funding; directs Department of Emergency Services to report on foreign-adversary property risks
Summary
After working with the governor's office, the committee amended House Bill 1209 to remove funding and require the Department of Emergency Services to produce a written report for legislative management on properties vulnerable to foreign-adversary influence; the measure advanced unanimously among members present.
A House committee amended and unanimously advanced House Bill 1209 to require the Department of Emergency Services to produce a report identifying properties that could be subject to foreign-adversary influence, with the amendment removing an appropriation and setting the material as an exempt record.
Representative Olson, presenting the revised amendment, said the change "changes the title portion a little bit to really just say, requiring a legislative management report," and that "the funding is taken out entirely based on the testimony from the governor's…
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