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Appropriations Committee previews homelessness response, bottle-bill and data-broker timing
Summary
Committee leaders said H938 (homelessness response) is scheduled for 1 p.m.; an extended-producer-responsibility beverage-container bill has administration and ANR support per the transcript; a data-broker proposal may arrive by 2:45 p.m.; the miscellaneous tax bill moved to tomorrow at 10 a.m.
After completing action on H937, the House Appropriations Committee laid out timing for other items on the schedule.
The committee said H938, a continuing homelessness response bill, is set for 1:00 p.m. later in the day. The chair also previewed a prescription drug card bill, a "dance safety" bill and an extended producer responsibility program for beverage containers (commonly called a "bottle bill"). According to the chair’s remarks in the transcript, the administration and ANR are reported as supportive of the beverage-container proposal; the transcript does not expand the ANR acronym.
Committee members discussed a bill concerning data brokers and said they expect to be "in possession" of that bill by about 2:45 p.m., which will influence when it can be taken up. The committee also rescheduled the miscellaneous tax bill for the next day at about 10:00 a.m.
Members said staff are continuing to coordinate numbers with DCF regarding homelessness funding details; the transcript uses the acronym DCF without spelling it out. The committee emphasized the goal of clearing items to reconcile budget positions as the session proceeds.
The committee paused to await the arrival of additional joint fiscal staff before proceeding with later items.
