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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana House Bill 1167 Establishes Digital Alert Technology Grant Program for Emergency Vehicles
Last action · January 5, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public SafetySponsor: Maureen Bauer
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What This Bill Proposed
Establishes a digital alert pilot program administered by the department of homeland security to provide grants to fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement services for starting July 1, 2026. The program is funded through a newly created grant fund supplied by appropriations, federal funds, and donations. Additionally, officials must submit a federal funding plan by September 1, 2026, and the program expires on July 1, 2028.
Local emergency service providers gain access to grant funding for purchasing and renting transponders, subscriptions, and cloud storage to notify motorists of active emergency vehicles.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Emergency service providers
Cities, towns, townships, fire territories, fire districts, and volunteer fire departments become eligible to apply for grants to purchase digital alert technology.
Motorists
Drivers receive automated digital alerts through smartphone navigation apps or in-vehicle systems when approaching emergency vehicles.
Key Facts
- Establishes the digital alert pilot program to provide grants to fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement services for digital alert technology.
- Creates the digital alert pilot program grant fund to hold appropriations, federal funds, gifts, and donations for grant distribution.
- Mandates that grant applicants must complete annual defensive driving training courses as a condition of eligibility.
- Requires the secretary of public safety and the executive director of the Indiana criminal justice institute to provide a federal funding plan to the department by September 1, 2026.
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- Directs that unspent money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
- Sets an expiration date for the chapter on July 1, 2028.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 5, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
- Jan 5, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Bauer
Version history
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Integration of Connected Vehicle Safety Tech
The bill formalizes the use of consumer-facing navigation smartphone apps and in-vehicle navigation systems as part of standard state emergency response notification protocols.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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