Introduced
by
To prohibit officials including the governor from using an official “Integrated Public Alert Warning System” to transmit an announcement of a new law or change in government policy, thereby limiting use of the system to actual emergencies involving immediate or nearly immediate loss of life or property. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used this system during the ongoing state of emergency declared for the coronavirus epidemic to make announcements that did not meet this standard. The system is described as a “secure network connecting all of the public alert and warning systems in the United States into a single system.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
