This bill proposes a total appropriation of $3.75 million in one-time funding from the state general fund for the 2025-2027 biennium, allocated to various state departments for autonomous technology grants. Specifically, the attorney general, the department of career and technical education, the department of health and human services, the agriculture commissioner, and the department of emergency services will each receive $750,000. These grants are intended to support initiatives related to missing person searches, workforce training, rural emergency response, agricultural operations, and monitoring of the U.S. Highway 2 corridor, respectively. Each department is tasked with developing an application process and guidelines for grant eligibility, which may include matching fund requirements.

Additionally, the bill mandates that each department provide a report to the legislative management during the 2025-26 interim, detailing grant recipients, amounts awarded, and the use of the funding. Furthermore, the legislative management is directed to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of investing in autonomous technology infrastructure, analyzing its economic impact and potential future applications. The findings and recommendations from this study will be reported to the seventieth legislative assembly.