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Concerning state agency response to a proclamation of disaster emergency
Sponsored by the Senate State Government Committee
Topics:State governmentCities & countiesPublic safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 2, 2022
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 18, 202249–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 14, 202290–3
- Done: To the GovernorMay 23, 2022
- Done: Signed into lawMay 23, 2022
HF 2295 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2295, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2295 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When a disaster emergency is declared, state workers and officers can help clean up debris or wreckage on public property. This law protects these state employees and officials from being sued by local governments if they make a mistake while helping, as long as they are acting in good faith.1
Read the official explanation
This bill concerns actions by the state, and its officers, employees, or agents, in response to a disaster emergency proclamation. Code section 29C.6, subsection 4, concerning the removal of debris and wreckage when a disaster emergency is proclaimed, is amended. The bill provides that the state and any of its officers or employees who are engaged in the removal of debris or wreckage on public property shall not be liable to the affected local government on account of any act or omission taken in good faith in connection with the removal of debris or wreckage.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 13, 2022 (as SSB 3029). Meeting: Thursday, January 20 · 10:30 AM · Room G17.
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