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BILL SUMMARY For SB25-022

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY
Date Jan 29, 2025       Location SCR 352

SB25-022 - Postponed Indefinitely


01:40:49 PM  
Senator Marchman and Senator Baisely, co-prime sponsors, introduced and explained Senate Bill 25-022 Applying AI to Fight Wildfire. The bill requires the Department of Public Safety to study and develop applications of artificial intelligence to fight wildfires.  
01:46:25 PM  
Chad Vorthmann, representing Lockheed Martin, testified in support of the bill. Tim Burdick, representing Lockheed Martin, testified in support of the bill. Sajit Jumani, representing Lockheed Martin, testified in support of the bill. The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:54:55 PM  
Autumn Brooks, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Shirley Jin, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mike Rawluk, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
02:00:28 PM  
Ben Miller, representing The Division of Fire Prevention and Control, was available to answer committee questions and spoke briefly on the bill.
02:00:29 PM  
Written testimony is included as Attachment A.
02:06:51 PM  
The sponsors gave closing remarks and requested that the bill be postponed indefinitely due to the high fiscal note and the current bedgetary environment.

02:15:40 PM
Motion Postpone Senate Bill 25-022 indefinitely.
Moved Cutter
Seconded
Catlin Yes
Exum Yes
Hinrichsen Yes
Mullica Yes
Pelton B. Yes
Simpson Yes
Sullivan Yes
Cutter Yes
Winter F. Yes
Final YES: 9   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS