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Committee pauses crisis‑center funding bill and moves eviction-legal task force from AG to DHCD in amendment
Summary
The committee discussed a funding proposal for crisis centers authorizing roughly $5 million across several years and an amendment moving an eviction access‑to‑counsel task force from the Attorney General's office to the Department of Housing and Community Development; members agreed to hold the funding bill pending crossover.
Committee members reviewed a bill that would provide roughly $5 million in funding in 2027, 2028 and 2029 to support crisis centers statewide, and discussed an amendment (part of a related bill, cited as 154 in the transcript) that moves a task force on access to counsel for evictions from the Attorney General’s office to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
One committee member described the crisis‑center funding as "a very hard one not to do" but said they wanted to hold the item until after crossover; the committee agreed to hold the bill along with bill 154 and possibly a few others pending later floor strategy. Committee staff described the task‑force amendment as changing the task force’s makeup and requiring a report in January; the staff noted the amendment had been sent late and may not be in finalized form in members’ packets.
No final committee vote was recorded on crisis‑center funding in the transcript excerpt; the committee’s direction was to hold the item pending further legislative strategy.
