establishing a state office for intelligence and counterintelligence within the executive branch.

Summary

HB 1605 would have created a State Intelligence and Counter‑Intelligence Office inside the Department of Safety, staffed with a small team of analysts and investigators and given $6 million for two years. The office would investigate foreign and domestic threats, request records, and provide regular reports to the legislature. The measure was declared inexpedient and did not pass.

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