Resilience hub pilot program; established.
Summary
Establishing a resilience hub pilot programto assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to establish a two-yearresilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities duringemergency situations. The bill defines a "resilience hub" as a simplecombination of solar panels and batteries that ensures continuouspower to a publicly accessible building when severe weather eventsor other grid disruptions cause an electrical outage.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Referred from Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102979D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Q. Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
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