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Committee advances Senate bill to include municipal emergency offices in 9‑1‑1 distribution
Summary
The House Committee of Public Safety advanced Senate Bill 13673 (as considered) to include municipal emergency management offices and municipal emergency medical services in incident distribution from the 9‑1‑1 call center; the committee approved the measure in its final public‑consideration session and asked staff to prepare certification.
During the June 24, 2024, final public‑consideration session of the Commission of Public Safety, Science and Technology, Chair Luis R. Ortiz Lugo presented Senate Bill 13673 (with amendments) and summarized its objective to modify Article 4.07 to include municipal emergency management offices and municipal emergency medical services when distributing incidents reported to the 9‑1‑1 call center.
Ortiz Lugo said the change would ensure municipal emergency components are considered in allocation of incidents to response agencies. Technical staff told the committee the measure had been circulated that morning and that no additional amendments had been filed. The committee considered the Senate bill in a block vote alongside House Bill 584 and the chair announced the measure was approved as considered; staff were instructed to prepare the certification and final approved text for filing.
The transcript records the committee’s approval and the instruction to prepare the formal certification; it does not provide a separate numeric roll call tally for this specific Senate bill outside the bloc announcement.
