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House Appropriations Committee hears multiple bills, seeks favorable reports on police retirement, scholarships, MDOD foundation and animal-welfare measure
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee convened for a brief hearing in which senators and departmental representatives presented a batch of senate bills and requested favorable reports, including a measure to raise the state police retirement age, a scholarship for correctional officers, creation of an MDOD-affiliated foundation, a delay to guaranteed access grant decentralization, and a ban on sale of racehorses for slaughter.
The House Appropriations Committee met in a procedural session to hear short presentations and requests for favorable reports on a set of senate bills ranging from law enforcement workforce changes to higher-education timing and animal-welfare protections.
Senator Malcolm Augustine asked the committee to give a favorable report on Senate Bill 654, which would raise the retirement age for the State Police from 60 to 62 to help address retention. "We're trying to regrow the force, and we just need, to allow for this relatively small group of folks who came to the force later on in their careers, to be able to stay around for a little bit longer," Augustine said. He noted a technical amendment recommended by the State Retirement…
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