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Senate File 1348: Lawmakers hear pleas to fund regional food banks as demand climbs; amendment adopted, bill laid over
Summary
Senate File 1348 would establish a regional food bank grants program and appropriate $10 million per year to the state's six regional food banks (and participating tribal nations); the committee adopted an author's technical A1 amendment and laid the bill over.
Senate File 1348, presented by Senator Bolden on Feb. 19, would establish a regional food bank grants program at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and appropriate $10 million per year beginning in fiscal 2026, divided among the state's six regional food banks and any tribal nation that chooses to participate.
Nut graf: Food-bank leaders and local food-shelf operators testified that emergency food demand has surged statewide and that predictable statewide…
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