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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 253

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Relating to: grants for suicide prevention programming and making an appropriation. (FE)

County — Human services Death Defibrillator Health services department of — Supportive living and treatment Higher educational aids board Indians and tribal issues Industrial development Municipality Organization miscellaneous

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to

organizations or coalitions of organizations, including cities, villages, towns,

counties, and American Indian tribes for suicide prevention programming. A grant

recipient must contribute matching funds or in-kind services having a value equal

to at least 20 percent of the grant amount.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Smith (D)

28 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Meyers (D) , Bowen (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cabrera (D) , Doyle (D) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Larson (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 19, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 31, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Carpenter, Darling, Feyen, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Oldenburg, Doyle, Armstrong, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Edming, Gundrum, James, B. Meyers, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Tranel, Wittke and Zimmerman

  2. Mar 31, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families

  3. Apr 19, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 2, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1