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RI H7589

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Terri-Denise Cortvriend

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the General Assembly to appropriate at least $80,000 annually to the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency for emergency communications support during major incidents or when communities exhaust their emergency resources

  • Allocates at least $12,500 each to four primary mutual aid control centers: metro control, east bay control, northern control, and southern control

  • Provides at least $7,500 each to communities designated as back-up control centers

  • Funds support emergency communications coordination when communities request assistance through mutual aid agreements

  • Takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Provides the general assembly make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.

Military Affairs And Defense

Last Action

Introduced, referred to House Finance

2/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance2/6/2026

Full Bill Text

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