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Senate adopts committee of conference report on H 839, adds syringe funding and housing allocations
Summary
The Senate adopted the committee of conference report on H 839, approving modest fiscal-year-2024 budget changes including $218,000 for a syringe program, an increase in adult basic education funding, targeted emergency-housing allocations, and an approach to distribute $12.5 million in flood relief to municipalities; the action was messaged to the House and the Senate adjourned.
The Senate accepted and adopted the committee of conference report on H 839 on a voice vote, approving modest changes to the fiscal-year-2024 budget including new targeted funding for public health and housing programs.
Speaker 3, presenting the committee of conference report, said the document largely mirrors the bill previously passed by the chamber but contains limited spending differences. "There is 218,000 that would provide that benefit through the end of the fiscal year," Speaker 3 said, referring to added funding for the syringe program after information from the Department of Health showed initial funding would not be sufficient.
The committee also adjusted adult basic education funding, increasing the…
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