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HB2879 • 2025

Establishes the Task Force on Seismic Event Preparation.

Establishes the Task Force on Seismic Event Preparation.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Evans
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Creates a task force to study how a major seismic event will affect children and to prepare to meet the needs of children after such an event. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Establishes the Task Force on Seismic Event Preparation. Directs the task force to conduct a study regarding the impacts of a major seismic event on children and to identify methods for preparing schools and communities to meet the needs of children following a major seismic event.
Directs the task force to submit a report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets task force on January 2, 2027.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to seismic event preparation; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee