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Legislature places $12.3 million SNAP and WIC emergency appropriation on second reading; committee of the whole to convene
Summary
During the fourth special session on Oct. 24, 2025, senators placed a bill requested by the governor to appropriate $12.3 million for SNAP and WIC on second reading, resolved it to the committee of the whole for questioning of finance and health officials, and recessed until 2 p.m.
The Guam Legislature, in its fourth special session on Oct. 24, 2025, placed a governor-requested bill on second reading to appropriate $12,300,000 from fiscal year 2025, net of unobligated excess revenue, to the Department of Public Health and Social Services to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for November.
Senator Duenas moved to place the bill — introduced by the Committee on Rules at the governor's request and cited as consistent with the Organic Act of Guam — on the agenda for second reading. The motion to put the bill on the agenda carried with no…
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