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Committee lays over $8 million food-shelf appropriation after testimony on rising need
Summary
Representative Kolter moved House File 777, a bipartisan $8 million appropriation for food shelves, and the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in a later omnibus package after testimony from food-shelf operators and volunteers describing rising demand.
The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee heard testimony and laid over House File 777, a bipartisan bill to provide $8,000,000 in funding for food shelves over the upcoming biennium.
Representative Kolter, the bill sponsor, said the proposal would allocate $8 million total — $4 million each year of the biennium — to food shelves across Minnesota to help meet rising demand. He described the…
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