Appropriating moneys for counties to encourage participation in the federal decennial census and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill appropriates $1 million for FY 2019-2020 for deposit in a county decennial census fund under the control of the department of management. Moneys in the fund shall be distributed to counties, on the basis of population, who adopt an ordinance within days of the effective date of this bill requesting moneys from the fund for purposes of encouraging participation in the 2020 federal decennial census. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named January 22, 2020. On February 25, 2020 it recommended passage.

• Rep. John Landon R
• Rep. Mary Mascher D
• Rep. John H. Wills REmail

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