Relating to the repayment and cancellation of certain fines issued pursuant to a proclamation of disaster emergency relating to the novel coronavirus pandemic and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 1, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 2, 2021
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 relates to fines issued to retailers, restaurants, and bars as a result of the enforcement of a proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the governor in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The bill requires the treasurer of state, in consultation with the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce and the department of public health, to adopt by rule a process allowing a retailer, restaurant, or bar that has paid a fine to the state or an agency or department of the state to submit an application to the treasurer of state for the repayment of such a fine.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named March 2, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Chris Cournoyer R
• Sen. Nate Boulton D
• Sen. R. Smith

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