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Committee advances sober-living oversight bill after strong testimony from operators and residents
Summary
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee favorably released Senate Bill 29-52 on Feb. 3, a measure to apply rooming-and-boarding oversight to cooperative sober living residences, after testimony from operators and residents urging revisions to avoid unintended harm to peer-run homes.
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Feb. 3 favorably released Senate Bill 29-52, which would include cooperative sober living residences under amendments to the Rooming and Boarding House Act and provide Department of Community Affairs oversight. Committee members and witnesses said the bill responds to documented problems with some operators but also raised objections that the legislation, as drafted, could unintentionally force peer-run recovery homes to close.
Multiple sober-living operators and advocates testified that the bill's definitions and operational requirements — including a requirement for…
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