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House panel hears H.935 proposal to release reserved dispatch funds and add $2.3M in emergency appropriations
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee examined H.935, which would authorize use of previously reserved public-safety communications funds for a statewide computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and LMR upgrades and add roughly $2.3 million in FY27 appropriations for food-and-water readiness grants, urban search-and-rescue support, language-access materials and small technical-rescue grants.
The House Appropriations Committee on March 17 reviewed H.935, an emergency-management bill that would authorize the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to use funds previously reserved for public-safety communications and would appropriate roughly $2.3 million from the FY27 general fund for several programs.
Tuck Anderson of Legislative Council told the committee that section 12 authorizes DPS to use monies held in reserve pursuant to acts in 2022 and 2023 for a “multidisciplinary computer aided dispatch system,” and read a proviso specifying that “2.25 million shall be available for immediate costs associated with establishing the multidisciplinary CAD and five years of software licensing fees provided that the department issues requests for proposal and signs contracts for services on or before January 1st, 2027.” He also identified $190,000 for cybersecurity, expanded use of RapidSOS and GIS, and $4.5 million incrementally…
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