HB2120 Summary

• Replaces "man-made" with "human-caused" in emergency management statute language and adds environmental protection as a state emergency management objective.

• Expands definitions of "disaster," "emergency," "hazard," "local state of emergency," and "state of emergency" to include protection and damage to the environment as qualifying conditions.

• Adds "mitigating against" emergencies and disasters to the governor's powers, and clarifies gubernatorial authority to establish emergency management guidelines and procedures.

• Modifies unspent emergency funding provisions to allow rollover of funds under $2,500,000 to support "current and future" emergencies rather than only future ones.

• Reassigns responsibility for identifying and operating emergency shelters from the governor to county emergency management agencies, including coordination with private property owners for public and pet animal sheltering.