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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 855

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Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance and making an appropriation. (FE)

Municipality — Finance Revenue department of

  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 Revenue, in each year from 2024 through

2027, to provide grants of up to $5,000 to political subdivisions with populations of

less than 10,000 to be used to obtain grant writing and compliance assistance

services. These grants may be used to obtain services only for grants related to public

works, transportation infrastructure, or public safety.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Pfaff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D) , Tomczyk (R)

28 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Doyle (D) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Goyke (D) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hurd (R) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kurtz (R) , Michalski (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Penterman (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Rettinger (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Schmidt (R) , Shankland (D) , Swearingen (R) , Tranel (R)

Full history

  1. Dec 26, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Ballweg, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Taylor and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Swearingen, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bare, Behnke, Edming, Goeben, Goyke, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Jacobson, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Michalski, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rettinger, Schmidt, Shankland and Tranel

  2. Dec 26, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue

  3. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 22, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  6. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 6, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1