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Committee gives favorable report to bill to make state resiliency council permanent
Summary
Senate Bill 137 would codify into statute the state resiliency council created by executive order and create a chief resiliency officer to coordinate hazard mitigation and resilience across agencies; the committee gave the bill a favorable report after amendments reallocating some fiscal impacts.
A presenter told the committee that Senate Bill 137, sponsored by Sen. Livingston, would codify into law the governor’s executive order establishing a state resiliency council and create a chief resiliency officer.
The presenter said the council would develop statewide resiliency policies and support hazard mitigation and would include representatives from agriculture, commerce, conservation, the Department of Agriculture and Industries, finance, insurance, public health, transportation, emergency management, forestry and the military, plus stakeholders from insurance and banking.
Committee members discussed fiscal impacts: an early fiscal note showed a $1 million reduction in insurance premium taxes to the general fund, but an amendment to the Senate version reallocates that effect to the Department of Insurance. Sponsors thanked the governor’s office and the Department of Insurance for working on the solution. After discussion a motion and second were made and the committee issued a favorable report.
Why this matters: supporters framed the bill as preserving state capacity to coordinate disaster resilience as the federal role shifts; the council would centralize planning across multiple agencies.
What happens next: the bill was reported favorably out of committee and will move forward in the legislative process.
