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Committee approves amendment‑light school emergency plan bill for select schools
Summary
A House committee voted to recommend passage of House Bill 629 after the sponsor said the bill removes an older requirement for provider surveys and instead relies on written emergency action plans meeting nationally recognized standards for specified schools.
A House committee recommended passage of House Bill 629 after the sponsor said the measure narrows requirements for school emergency plans and reduces the burden on providers that would otherwise be asked to conduct on‑site surveys.
The sponsor said the bill revises last year's language because it proved difficult for providers to visit large numbers of elementary schools to survey programs. The measure retains a requirement for a written emergency action plan that "adheres to nationally recognized standards," the sponsor said, and exempts or reduces the outreach burden on grammar schools in rural areas.
No witnesses signed up to testify and committee members raised no substantive questions during the hearing. A member moved the bill be given a do‑pass recommendation and the committee approved the motion by voice vote; transcript records a do‑pass recommendation with no roll‑call tally recorded.
