Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax.

Changed the quarterly fund distribution calculation from dividing the biennial budget amount by eight to dividing by six, increasing the quarterly payout rate.

Removed the requirement that a city or county must impose a specific sales tax to be considered 'qualified,' replacing it with a definition based on whether voters have rejected similar tax measures in the previous two years.

Added new grant eligibility requirements including a 25% compliance rate for crisis intervention training, 100% compliance for trauma-informed training, adoption of flexible work policies, and implementation of use of force data collection.

Added a requirement that grant recipients must repay funds if they are found to be no longer abiding by the required policies.

Modified the list of allowable grant uses by removing the specific line item for 'retention bonuses' and combining recruiting and funding into a single category.

Expanded the definition of 'criminal justice purposes' to explicitly list public defenders, diversion programs, inmate reentry work, programs reducing homelessness or improving behavioral health, and community placements for juvenile offenders.

Grant eligibility was changed from requiring agencies to impose the new tax as a condition to requiring that the tax be authorized and implemented before the grant is awarded.

The deadline for local governments to impose the new sales and use tax was extended from June 30, 2027, to December 31, 2027.

A new nullification clause was added, stating the entire act becomes void if specific funding is not provided by June 30, 2025.

The bill title and sponsorship information were updated to reflect its status as a Substitute Bill and the involvement of the House Appropriations committee.