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Health and Welfare committee introduces RS 32,575 after debate over public access
Summary
Sponsors and committee members debated whether to introduce RS 32,575 or keep it as a sponsor-owned RS to preserve time; members pressed for public access and the committee voted to introduce the RS so it can be printed and posted.
The Health and Welfare Committee introduced RS 32,575 on a voice vote after members pressed sponsors to make the draft publicly available.
The measure, presented by Representative Jordan Redmond of District 3 (Kootenai County), is a revised replacement to a previous RS (03/28) and includes clerical and substantive tweaks to the bill's work-requirement language. Redmond told the committee the changes were intended to "fulfill the actual legislative intent" and specifically to allow part-time college, university or vocational students to meet the work requirement and to permit a parent or caretaker personally providing care for a dependent to…
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