SENATE BILL NO. 236                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to grants to disaster victims."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:27:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman shared  that  public  testimony was  taken                                                                    
during the bills first hearing on March 12, 2024.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kiehl  MOVED to ADOPT proposed  committee substitute                                                                    
for SB 236, Work Draft 33-LS1142\R (Dunmire/Marx, 4/8/24).                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Alper  explained that there  was a single change  to the                                                                    
bill in  Section 2,  which resolved an  issue raised  in the                                                                    
initial  fiscal  note.  The  CS  clarified  that  the  total                                                                    
combined assistance would not exceed $50,000.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman asked  Senator  Kiehl to  provide a  brief                                                                    
overview of the bill.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Kiehl explained  that the  bill  would ensure  that                                                                    
owners  of condominiums  would be  eligible for  relief from                                                                    
damage  caused  by  disaster   that  was  commensurate  with                                                                    
homeowners. He  continued that the  second provision  had to                                                                    
do with state grants being made available up to $50,000.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:31:05 AM                                                                                                                    
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9:31:16 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Kiehl   MOVED  to  report  CSSB   236(FIN)  out  of                                                                    
Committee with individual  recommendations and a forthcoming                                                                    
fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 236(FIN) was  REPORTED out of committee  with three "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendations  and  with  two  "no  recommendation"                                                                    
recommendations, and with one  new indeterminate fiscal note                                                                    
from the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.