Committee backs constitutional amendment to require legislature to appropriate certain settlement and judgment funds

Feb 27, 2025

The committee approved House Resolution 29, a proposed constitutional amendment directing the General Assembly to appropriate certain legal judgments and settlements that come to the state starting in 2027; members clarified that disaster and emergency federal funds are not intended to be affected.

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Representative Kemp presented House Resolution 29 to the House Appropriations Committee, describing it as a proposed constitutional amendment that would require the General Assembly to appropriate monies from certain legal judgments and settlements that the state receives. "This measure clarifies this," Kemp said, explaining the amendment’s purpose after an earlier local broadband funding issue prompted the filing.

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