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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3237
Sponsored by Representatives NATHANSON, EVANS; Representative GRAYBER (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells ODEM to run a grant program to support PSAP consolidation and up-
grades. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to administer a grant program in
support of projects to consolidate and modernize or upgrade public safety answering points.
Sunsets January 2, 2045.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public safety answering points.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Emergency communications system” has the meaning given that term in ORS
403.105.
(b) “9-1-1 jurisdiction” has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105.
(c) “Public safety answering point” has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105.
(2) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall administer a program to
provide grants, from the Public Safety Answering Point Consolidation Fund established under
section 2 of this 2025 Act, in support of projects to consolidate and modernize or upgrade
public safety answering points.
(3)(a) 9-1-1 jurisdictions may apply for grants under the program. An application must
include, at a minimum:
(A) A plan for consolidating two or more public safety answering points into a single
public safety answering point; and
(B) A plan for modernizing or upgrading software or hardware.
(b) Plans must specify that all equipment acquired for radio infrastructure will support
interoperable two-way digital radio standards or be capable of being upgraded to support such
standards.
(c) Plans may rely on or include information previously collected or plans previously de-
veloped by a 9-1-1 jurisdiction.
(4)(a) The department shall approve a grant application if:
(A) The department determines that the project described in the application will improve
the efficiency of the emergency communications system;
(B) The department determines that 9-1-1 system upgrades and radio infrastructure up-
grades described in the application are either in compliance with applicable provisions of the
Oregon Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan described in ORS 403.455 or capable
of being upgraded to bring them into compliance; and
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 800 HB3237
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(C) The application has been presented to the following entities for review and comment:
(i) The official within the department with primary responsibility for the emergency
communications system; and
(ii) Any relevant advisory committees established under ORS 403.120.
(b) The department may approve applications for a maximum of two projects per
biennium, notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection. The department shall review and
approve applications in the order in which they are received.
(5) Grants under the program may not exceed, per project:
(a) $25,000 for costs related to developing consolidation plans; and
(b) $___ for technical support to implement consolidation plans.
(6) The department may provide additional matching grants for modernizing or upgrading
software or hardware to 9-1-1 jurisdictions whose grant applications are approved under this
section. To be eligible for an additional matching grant under this subsection, a 9-1-1 juris-
diction must commit moneys to the modernization or upgrade. The amount of a grant under
this subsection must equal the amount committed by a 9-1-1 jurisdiction under this sub-
section, except that the grant may not exceed $500,000.
(7) On or before December 1 of each year, the department shall report on the status of
the grant program described in this section to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to emergency preparedness.
(8) The department shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including
rules governing the form and process for grant applications.
SECTION 2. The Public Safety Answering Point Consolidation Fund is established in the
State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Public Safety Answering
Point Consolidation Fund consists of moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited or trans-
ferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or otherwise. Moneys in the fund are con-
tinuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to carry out
the provisions of section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.(1) Sections 1 and 2 of this 2025 Act are repealed on January 2, 2045.
(2) Any moneys remaining in the Public Safety Answering Point Consolidation Fund es-
tablished under section 2 of this 2025 Act on the date specified in subsection (1) of this sec-
tion that are unexpended, unobligated and not subject to any conditions shall revert to the
GeneralFund.
SECTION 4.There is appropriated to the Oregon Department of Emergency Manage-
ment, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of
$ , for deposit in the Public Safety Answering Point Consolidation Fund established
under section 2 of this 2025 Act.
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