CS for CS for CS for SB 1418 - Emergency Communications

• Renames the "E911 Board" to the "Emergency Communications Board" with nine members (four county 911 coordinators and four public safety professionals) appointed by the Governor, reducing from eleven members.

• Expands the board's purpose to promote interoperability between public safety answering points and focus funding on Next Generation 911 (NG911), Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInet), Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), cybersecurity, and emergency communications broadband networks.

• Eliminates wireless provider reimbursement from the Emergency Communications Trust Fund (formerly E911 System Fund) by removing the 20 percent distribution to wireless providers and redirecting those funds to counties and rural counties.

• Increases the rural county grant allocation from 3 percent to 4 percent of fund moneys and modifies the nonwireless category distribution from 96 percent to counties for authorized expenditures.

• Extends the deadline for the office to develop a plan for upgrading 911 public safety answering points from February 1, 2020 to December 30, 2023, with implementation by December 30, 2033, and requires the plan to prioritize upgrades based on PSAP population served and modernization capability.