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Rules panel backs resolution to develop statewide food-desert mapping tool
Summary
The House Rules Committee reported HJ 447, a resolution directing the Commission to End Hunger to develop a statewide food-desert mapping tool to update outdated data and incorporate transportation and equity factors; lawmakers questioned whether legislative services can provide technical support within current resources.
The House Rules Committee on Feb. 14 reported HJ 447, a resolution directing the Commission to End Hunger to develop a statewide food-desert mapping tool that uses geographic, socioeconomic and demographic data to identify food deserts and so-called food-apartheid zones.
The resolution’s sponsor told the committee the tool is intended to replace outdated studies and to add non‑proximity measures such as transportation barriers and local food sources so policymakers…
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