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Senate Judiciary committee advances bill to keep Boy Scout bankruptcy awards in Arkansas
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 13, an amendment intended to preserve funds from the Boy Scout bankruptcy trust for more than 500 Arkansas claimants if a current legal challenge overturns prior state legislation.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 13 on a voice vote, approving an amendment intended to preserve awards from the Boy Scout bankruptcy trust for Arkansans who filed claims.
Senator Central Wallace, who presented SB 13 to the committee, described the measure as "an amendment to a good bill" from previous years and said it is "designed to protect money that is already set aside at a national level for the state of Arkansas for over 500 victims of abuse." Wallace told the committee an ongoing…
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