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House restores 25% local match for senior center grants after heated debate
Summary
Lawmakers voted to reinstate a 25% local match for senior center grants in HB35 after arguments over leveraging scarce state funds versus access for rural centers; the amendment passed 49–22 and the bill was advanced to the Senate.
The Utah House on Jan. 22 amended and advanced HB35, a bill to fund senior citizen centers, after robust floor debate over matching requirements and the program’s $800,000 fiscal note.
Representative Larson moved to revert a prior change that had raised the local matching requirement to 50% back to the original 25%. Larson argued many local governments had already been overmatching in practice and that a 25% match is fairer and more achievable for rural areas. Opponents said a 50%…
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