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Committee debates $3.5 million ‘Back the Blue’ grant bill; no final vote, change to funding source proposed
Summary
Representative Vedder told the Appropriations — Education and Environment Division that House Bill 1193 would provide a one-time $3.5 million grant to cities and counties to support hiring and retention of peace officers.
Representative Vedder told the Appropriations — Education and Environment Division that House Bill 1193 (referred to in the hearing as 11 93) would provide a one-time $3.5 million grant to cities and counties, continuing a prior session’s Back the Blue program.
“...this is basically the same thing. Other than they added a little bit of language to ensure that, they would be using it only for retention and for hiring,” Vedder said, describing the bill as “a 3,500,000 grant to the cities and…
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