FINAL BILL REPORT
HB 1047
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C 61 L 15
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Concerning state agencies continuity of operations planning requirements.
Sponsors: Representatives Goodman, Haler, Moscoso, Appleton, Klippert, Muri, Hurst, S. Hunt, Hayes, Orwall, Johnson, MacEwen and Gregerson; by request of Military Department.
House Committee on Public Safety
House Committee on Appropriations
Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security
Senate Committee on Ways & Means
Background:
The Washington Military Department, under the direction of the Adjutant General, administers the state's comprehensive program of emergency management. The Adjutant General is responsible for developing a comprehensive, all-hazard emergency plan for the state that includes an analysis of natural, technological, or human-caused hazards and procedures to coordinate local and state resources in responding to such hazards. In the event of a disaster beyond local control, the Governor, through the Adjutant General, may assume operational control over all or any part of emergency management functions in the state.
In 2013 Governor Inslee required each individual agency, board, commission, and council to develop a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) in order for state executive branch organizations to provide essential functions and services during an emergency or disaster. The COOP plan of each agency must not only ensure the agency's ability to deliver essential functions and services to the citizens of the state during any disaster or emergency, but agencies must coordinate actions to ensure that essential functions that overlap with other agencies continue without interruption.
Summary:
The Adjutant General is responsible to the Governor for helping to develop and manage a program for interagency coordination and prioritization of continuity of operations planning by state agencies. Each state agency must develop a COOP that is updated and exercised annually in compliance with the program for interagency coordination of continuity of operation planning.
Continuity of operations planning is the internal effort of an organization to assure that the capability exists to continue essential functions and services in response to a comprehensive array of potential emergencies or disasters.
Votes on Final Passage:
House | 81 | 16 | |
Senate | 48 | 1 |
Effective: | July 24, 2015 |