House Bill 268 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Reed IngramRepresentative

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Government Administration, authorizes the State 911 board to monitor the responsiveness of local 911 districts, with conditions under which the State 911 board may assume control of a district.

Description

Under existing law, 911 calls in the State of Alabama are handled by public safety answering centers that are directly supervised by local communication districts, which in turn are under the authority of the state 911 Board.

This bill would authorize the state 911 Board to monitor call statistics for a local communication district and to share data related to crime reporting with the Office of Attorney General.

This bill would provide that if the 911 Board determines from call data that a local communication district's emergency response is inadequate, that the 911 Board may undertake an investigation to determine the cause of inadequacy. If the district is unable to remedy the problem, the 911 Board may assume direct supervision of the public safety answering center operations until performance, based on certain metrics, improves.

This bill would further authorize the Attorney General to file a civil action to enforce the 911 Board's investigation of a local communication district or enforce the 911 Board's direct supervision of a district.

HB268 INTRODUCED.

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Subjects

Public Safety & Emergencies