SB441 Relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person.
Relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Helps municipalities manage welfare costs by ensuring they only pay for actual residents.
Your Community
Residency challenges could help or hurt depending on whether they target fraud or delay help for genuine residents.
Your Freedom
Hearing requirements could delay assistance for vulnerable people and create additional bureaucratic barriers to help.
Status
Refer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 04/23/2026 House Journal 11
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Victoria Sullivan (R)
The Short Version
Would clarify financial responsibility for local welfare assistance and let municipalities challenge the residency of assisted persons. Could help towns manage costs but may also create barriers for people in need of help.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Municipal budgets and taxpayers in towns with high welfare costs
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Low-income individuals whose residency may be challenged
- ▼ People experiencing homelessness or housing instability
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.
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Voted Yea (16)
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