Wed, 04/07/2021 - 9:14am
Lawmakers held relatively few hearings around the Easter weekend and instead appear to have manufactured another impasse over time-sensitive legislation that a majority of them feel in some form is critical to running the state.
House Bill 76, which would renew the state COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, was pulled from the Senate Finance Committee schedule April 6 and a second Finance hearing for ongoing legislation was canceled as well.
As of April 7, lawmakers have gone more than a week without hearing the legislation backed by nearly all of the state’s major business, health care, charitable and seafood industry organizations among others and have roughly a week to hash out disagreements at several layers before the state misses out on $8 million in additional federal food assistance aid. HB 76 had not been scheduled for future hearings as of this writing April 7.
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