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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota allocates $1.5 million for Westonka Community Food Shelf facility
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital InvestmentSponsor: Andrew Myers
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota appropriates $1.5 million in 2026 from the to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Westonka Community Food Shelf to , design, construct, furnish, and equip a new facility.
Provides capital funding for community food bank infrastructure without altering existing tax rates or program eligibility criteria.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Westonka Community Food Shelf
Receives a $1,500,000 state grant to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a new facility.
Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development
Receives the appropriation to administer and disburse the grant to the food shelf.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment
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0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
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