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House committee debates H.57 after appropriations stalls; members split on adding correctional officers
Summary
A House committee continued discussion of H.57 after the Appropriations Committee declined to move the bill and asked for more testimony. Lawmakers and witnesses disagreed over removing a proposed expansion of definitional language and whether to include correctional officers among beneficiaries covered by the measure.
The House General Assembly committee continued its discussion of H.57 on Thursday, March (session), after the Appropriations Committee declined to move the bill and asked for additional testimony.
Appropriations elected not to return H.57 to the committee, leaving members to decide whether to send draft recommendations to appropriations or to keep the bill as introduced and hope appropriations takes it up. Committee members and witnesses discussed two core issues: a treasurer’s office recommendation to remove an expansion of definitional language from the bill, and whether correctional officers should be included among employees covered by the proposal.
Members said appropriations asked the committee to hear more testimony about existing benefits and what is already provided through workers’…
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