HB 1712 — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for organization.

PRINTER'S NO.   2109

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1712
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY SALISBURY, STEELE, GAYDOS, HOHENSTEIN, McNEILL,
        FREEMAN, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, KINKEAD, MAYES, OTTEN,
        SANCHEZ, BENHAM, KUZMA, PASHINSKI, D. WILLIAMS, NEILSON AND
        CURRY, JULY 9, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, JULY 10, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further
 3      providing for organization.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 7312(h) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 7312.    Organization.
 9      This agency shall consist of and be organized substantially
10   as follows:
11      * * *
12      (h)    Emergency communications.--
13             (1)   The agency shall maintain an integrated
14      communications capability designed to provide to all areas
15      and counties weather advisories, river forecasts, warnings,
16      and direction and control of all emergency preparedness
17      functions within the Commonwealth. The agency shall
 1    coordinate the Commonwealth's emergency communication
 2    systems, sharing of information and weather emergency
 3    notification among the National Weather Service, contiguous
 4    State emergency management offices, local coordinators of
 5    emergency management, the Pennsylvania State Police, local
 6    police departments, private relief associations, offices of
 7    the legislative branch and other appropriate organizations.
 8    [Additionally, the]
 9        (2)   The agency shall establish the sole Statewide
10    telephone number that persons, including county and municipal
11    emergency management personnel, may use to report incidences
12    of radioactive and hazardous materials and other disaster
13    emergencies.
14        (3)   The agency shall also establish the sole Statewide
15    telephone number that offices of the legislative branch may
16    use to directly communicate with the agency during weather
17    emergencies.
18    * * *
19    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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