No. HB 457
Alternative Sources of Weather Information; Requires state comprehensive emergency plan evaluate integration of supplemental weather observational data & advanced forecasting products & effect on specified areas; defines “advanced forecasting products” & “supplemental weather observational data”; requires Division of Emergency Management to take specified actions to integrate, evaluate, & promote supplemental weather observational data & advanced forecasting products in certain manner.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Division of Emergency Management must work, within its existing budget, to fold weather data and forecasting products from outside the federal government into its emergency management decisions, coordinating with federal, state, and local partners.
The division must set standards for evaluating this outside data and procedures for using it, and must actively promote its use across the state's emergency management system.
Every two years, the statewide comprehensive emergency management plan must now evaluate how this new integration affects forecast accuracy, early warning systems, and resilience outcomes statewide.
AIThe Division of Emergency Management must work to fold supplemental weather observational data and advanced forecasting products into its emergency management decisions, identifying and prioritizing where they would most improve forecast accuracy and public safety.
AIThe division must establish standards for judging the quality of supplemental weather data and advanced forecasting products, and procedures for actually using that data in emergency management, then promote its use.
AIThe biennial update to the state comprehensive emergency management plan must now evaluate how integrating supplemental weather data and advanced forecasting products affects forecast accuracy, early warning systems, and resilience outcomes.