Senate Bill 0201 Emergency Management. Passed 53-42.
Requires the state emergency management agency to establish a program to certify emergency management organizations and professional emergency managers. Requires a county emergency management organization or interjurisdictional disaster agency in which a county participates to be certified as an emergency management organization. Requires a county emergency management director to be certified as a professional emergency manager. Establishes an interim study committee to study certain public safety and homeland security issues.
It didn’t strike me as a party line vote, in particular. I’m not sure what the breakdown was. Possibly a philosophical split between those who think county emergency managers need to be better prepared and those who think the state shouldn’t meddle in county affairs any more than is absolutely necessary.
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