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Committee debates amendments to housing grant bill; retroactive match and caps put on hold
Summary
Lawmakers reviewed multiple amendments to Senate Bill 22‑25 (housing/community project grants), discussed adding tribal entities and matching language, and deferred a retroactive purchase/acquisition provision for sponsor clarification; some technical edits were approved and other items were held for follow‑up.
A committee considered multiple proposed edits to a housing and community‑development grant bill and deferred several substantive questions for sponsor clarification.
Senate Bill 22‑25 contains a grant program administered by the Department of Commerce. Committee members reviewed an amendment from the Department of Commerce that clarifies matching language, adds tribal entities to eligible recipients, and changes the matching calculation language to a one‑third state contribution for eligible projects. Representatives and the Commerce commissioner exchanged drafting questions about whether the bill should use “and,” “or,” or…
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