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SB231Introduced in the Senate

Create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.

Passed

Introduced by Helene Duhamel, District 32

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.

Where it stands

Signed by the Governor on March 30, 2026 S.J. 550

March 30, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Chamber not recorded votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: Do Pass · March 3, 2026

60

Yes

7

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

70 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 178

  2. Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  3. Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 15

  4. Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1

  5. Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 3. J.J. 29

  6. Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2. S.J. 414

  7. First Reading House H.J. 469

  8. Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 477

  9. House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 7. H.J. 488

  10. Signed by the President S.J. 470

  11. Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530

  12. Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2026 S.J. 488

  13. Signed by the Governor on March 30, 2026 S.J. 550

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