HB 26.08 Wildfire Relief Act

[Dr. MB]

A BILL
To aid states impacted by the 2020 wildfires

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate assembled:

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Wildfire Relief Act of 2020.

Section 2. Appropriations for States and Local Fire Departments

1. $5 million in one-time funding shall be appropriated to local fire departments to:

a. assist in combating forest fires and overtime pay for relevant officials,
b. open and operate evacuation hubs for afflicted areas, while following COVID-19 guidelines where possible,
c. devise a strategy for forest thinning of dead brush and sick or dying trees
d. assist in creating a transparent, effective early warning system, and
e. assist the homeless and civilians incapable of self-evacuating in evacuating afflicted areas

2. Funding for this act shall be allocated to the state governments of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Texas.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

Yankee had this to say:

This has passed the Senate.

MB, if you need to, use the House emergency slot to get it up today. Cao or sev, please motion to waive cloture/minimum debate. It took less than 63 hours total to go through the Senate, lets see if the House can beat that.

Sponsor needed.

[Left Wing]

I will sponsor

[SevenEleven]

I motion for unanimous consent to proceed immediately to final vote.

[Joseph Cao]

FalterinArc is recognized as sponsor.

24 hours to object to the motion to end debate and proceed to a final vote.

[Joseph Cao]

No objections.

A final vote is now open on this bill. Representatives, please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[Spark]

Aye

[Left Wing]

Aye

[Adam Griffin]

Aye

[Gracile]

Aye

[Rep Jessica]

Aye

[SevenEleven]

Aye.

[Joseph Cao]

This has the support of a majority of representatives. 24 hours to vote or change your vote.

[Joseph Cao]

Aye.

[Joseph Cao]

Voting has ended.

By a vote of 7-0-0-2, this bill passes.

[Joseph Cao]

A BILL
To aid states impacted by the 2020 wildfires

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate assembled:

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Wildfire Relief Act of 2020.

Section 2. Appropriations for States and Local Fire Departments

1. $5 million in one-time funding shall be appropriated to local fire departments to:

a. assist in combating forest fires and overtime pay for relevant officials,
b. open and operate evacuation hubs for afflicted areas, while following COVID-19 guidelines where possible,
c. devise a strategy for forest thinning of dead brush and sick or dying trees
d. assist in creating a transparent, effective early warning system, and
e. assist the homeless and civilians incapable of self-evacuating in evacuating afflicted areas

2. Funding for this act shall be allocated to the state governments of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Texas.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

People's House of Representatives
Passed 7-0-0-2 in the House of Representatives

[OBD]

Fremont thanks you for your support!