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2023 SESSION
SB 936 Comprehensive extreme heat emergency response plan; Department of Emergency Management to develop.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Emergency Management; comprehensive extreme heat emergency response plan. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to develop a comprehensive extreme heat emergency response plan by November 1, 2023. Such plan shall include criteria for (i) developing a heat adaptation plan, (ii) convening a heat emergency coordination team to facilitate coordination across state agencies, (iii) establishing public cooling spaces, (iv) developing extreme heat health warning systems and protocols, (v) establishing partnerships with community-based organizations to provide services and support to all communities, and (vi) examining housing cooling needs.
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HISTORY
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102028D
- 01/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/11/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 01/13/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/23 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 01/16/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/24/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
- 01/25/23 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/13/23 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/14/23 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Left in General Laws