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Appropriations committee packages multiple technical and program bills onto consent calendar and advances a slate to the floor
Summary
The committee placed a cluster of bills on the consent calendar and advanced multiple measures — including tribal distribution (SB388), youth employment (SB389), microtransit study (SB390), a bridge program for benefit access (SB401), a victims compensation account for funeral fraud (HB5381), and a study of unidentified aerial phenomena (HB5422) — leaving votes open for late registration.
The Appropriations Committee on April 1 moved a series of mostly technical and programmatic measures to the consent calendar and advanced a broader slate to the floor.
Key items placed on the consent calendar or advanced by voice/roll-call include:
- SB 388 (LCO 3731): Conforms Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund language to include both tribes again and moves the start date for a distribution change to 2028; placed on the consent calendar without objection.
- SB 389 (LCO 3673): Expands youth employment and training funds eligibility to 14–24-year-olds and updates regional allocation formulas; placed on consent calendar.
- SB 390 (LCO 3586): Directs a study of microtransit…
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