Human Services Committee approves amended H.91 (version 7.1) on emergency shelters

The Human Services Committee voted to approve version 7.1 of H.91, described in committee as a bill “creating Behar,” after a preliminary straw poll on amendments and a formal roll call. The committee conducted a straw poll on the proposed amendment that was recorded as 10–0–1, then approved the amended bill in a roll-call vote recorded as eight yes, two no and one absence.