SF 4554 Summary

• Appropriates significant funding for public safety initiatives including $72.3 million for fiscal year 2023 across courts, criminal apprehension, community safety programs, and victim services.

• Establishes a Public Safety Innovation Board to monitor crime trends, award grants, and ensure evidence-based practices in public safety grant programs.

• Creates multiple competitive grant programs ($55 million for local community innovation, $15 million for emergency community safety, $10 million for co-responder teams, and $10 million for opioid epidemic response).

• Mandates statewide body camera data storage program and establishes requirements for portable recording system policies, including rules for recording deadly force incidents and access by victims' families.

• Allocates $100 million in public safety aid to local governments and Tribal governments ($30 million for counties and Tribes, $70 million for cities) based on population to support personnel and equipment costs.