House Bill 2856 Summary

• Increases the information technology fund contribution rate from 0.43 percent to 0.61 percent of total payroll for state agencies, budget units, and legislative and judicial branches.

• Repeals the 2021 version of section 41-714 regarding the automation projects fund and replaces it with the 2018 version, which requires remaining monies in automation project subaccounts to revert to their fund of origin upon project completion and mandates annual reversion reports to the joint legislative budget committee.

• Transfers administration of the school safety interoperability fund from the state treasurer to the department of administration and expands eligible recipients to include city and town police departments in addition to county sheriffs.

• Removes geographic restrictions on school safety program scope, allowing funding for schools throughout the state rather than limiting to specific counties with population requirements.

• Adds a requirement for school safety programs to enable remote lockdown of school access control systems by law enforcement through the multimedia communications platform.