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Committee backs bill requiring recovery homes to notify nearby neighbors
Summary
The committee voted 10–3 to recommend HB 98, which would require residential treatment centers and recovery homes to provide basic contact information to neighbors within 300 feet within 30 days of opening; sponsors described the change as a low‑burden transparency measure, while some members pressed for enforcement mechanisms.
Representative Jake Fitisemanu introduced HB 98 as a "good neighbor" measure that would require residential treatment centers, recovery homes and similar facilities to provide contact information (business name, brief description, phone and email) to neighbors within a 300‑foot radius either 30 days before opening or within 30 days after opening.
"This is something we came up with really, as a good neighbor bill so that neighbors within the immediate…
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