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Committee hears $10 million regional food‑bank grant proposal; bill laid over after statewide testimony

5109077 · March 12, 2025
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House File 11 12 would create a $10 million regional food-bank grant program divided among six food banks; the committee heard testimony from food‑bank and food‑shelf leaders and laid the bill over for possible omnibus inclusion.

The committee considered House File 11 12, a bill to establish a Regional Food Bank grant program with a $10,000,000 appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2026, and laid it over for possible inclusion in a later omnibus bill.

Representative Hemmingson Jaeger presented the measure and described the program’s design: funding would be divided among six regional food banks that serve Minnesota and…

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