A bill to create the bureau of community services and the commission on economic and social opportunity; to reduce the causes, conditions, and effects of poverty; to promote social and economic opportunities that foster self-sufficiency for low-income individuals; to provide for the designation of community action agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the bureau, the commission, and community action agencies; and to require the promulgation of rules.
The legislation creates a Bureau and Commission to coordinate efforts to reduce poverty, designates community action agencies to provide services and advocate for low-income individuals, and mandates the establishment of a governing board and compliance with federal funding requirements.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Small Business
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 84 to 26 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Community Development
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 29 to 7 (details)
