Subcommittee refers SB 97 (hunger-free campus grants) to appropriations after patron’s presentation Senator Roem presented SB 97, a bill renaming and expanding the hunger-free campus grant program and creating a meal credit sharing program; the subcommittee referred the bill to appropriations on an 8–1 vote due to fiscal information from higher-education institutions.

Senator Roem's SB 97 aims to tackle student food insecurity by expanding grant eligibility and introducing a new meal credit sharing program for campus food pantries.

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