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Senate finance committee clears bill on criminal‑history fund; asks judiciary to decide fate of $26,000
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee voted to report S.12 favorably after members learned a $26,000 judicial fund set up in 2019 was never implemented; the committee asked an emissary to request the Judiciary Committee clarify how the money should be used.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to report S.12 favorably after members raised questions about an unspent judicial fund totaling roughly $26,000 that committee staff said had been set up in 2019 but never operationalized.
Chair Cummings told the committee staff that joint fiscal had discovered the money and that the bill had been brought to the Finance Committee because the fund appeared on their list. Committee members said they did not know why an…
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