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Utah Senate passes $688M pandemic appropriations; directs $108M for testing, PPE and targeted services
Summary
The Utah Senate passed SB 3,001 on April 16, 2020 to adjust fiscal-year timing and allocate federal relief funds, including $65 million for PPE and testing and $20 million for services targeting seniors and at-risk populations. The bill passed 29-0 and moves to the House.
The Utah Senate on Thursday approved an emergency appropriations package to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, reallocating federal relief funds and adjusting state cash-flow to avoid an education fund shortfall.
Senator Stevenson, the bill sponsor, told colleagues that SB 3,001 both shifts the timing of education fund appropriations to match delayed income-tax payments and earmarks portions of federal relief for immediate pandemic needs. "This bill does 2 things,"…
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