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The School Meals Bill
Free school meals stay funded for families with unpaid debt
A BILL for an Act to provide an exemption to continue free school meal funding for qualified delinquent meal debt and to provide for a legislative management report.
Good for everyday people ·
The bill would let schools keep giving free meals to kids even if families owe money on past meals.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
If passed, families won’t lose meals for kids because of unpaid bills, but the state may have to cover extra costs, so voters should watch the budget impact.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- HB1100 is a North Dakota bill.
- It would exempt schools from stopping free meals when families have unpaid meal debt.
- It requires a legislative management report.
- Sponsored by five Republican representatives and one Republican senator.
- The bill failed a second reading with 20 yeas and 72 nays.
How they voted
The actual floor vote, and who broke from their own party.
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- Patrick Hatlestad (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
- Andrew Marschall (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
- Donald Longmuir (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
- Austen Schauer (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
- Liz Conmy (D): voted against it, crossing most Democrats
- Matthew Heilman (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
- Jim Jonas (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
- Carrie McLeod (R): voted for it, crossing most Republicans
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