House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

The state house civic, military and veterans affairs committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives bottoms, bradley, carter. Present. Espinoza. Foray. Excused. Froelich. Here. Locke. Here. Wynn. Represent. Representative Wynn. Here. Valdez. Excuse. Clifford. Here. Madam Chair. Here. We have five bills on the agenda for today, and we'll start with House Bill 1252. Our sponsors are here and it looks like, Representative Morrow, you've been approved to join the bill. Yes, ma'. Am. So welcome. Who would like to begin? You both pointed at each other. Representative Morrow. Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members. This bill is brought to you today by us, but also the Colorado Department of Public Safety. This bill updates Colorado statutory framework for homeland security managing emergencies to better align with current operational needs. The bill designates the Office of Emergency Management as the primary state agency responsible for coordinating disaster recovery efforts, ensures that the personal identifiable information of disaster survivors is protected from public information requests, and makes changes to better represent current practices. And I'll hand it over to my co Prime Representative Bradfield. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee for allowing us…