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MONTPELIER â An amendment that would have added criteria for businesses receiving relief funds to show economic loss during the pandemic was voted down by the State House of Representatives on Friday, as the $78.8 million bill passed on third reading and was sent to the state Senate.
The relief bill, in addition to funds for recreation, school air quality and mental health support, includes $10 million for businesses that did not qualify for earlier federal CARES Act relief funds. When the initiative was left out of the Budget Adjustment Act, House leaders pledged they would work quickly to get it through the committee process and out the door.