Youd have to be able to trace lineage back to an enslaved person or black person in the u. S. Before the end of the 19th century, the bill passed 30 to 7. The second bill, sb 1331, would create a fund for reparations and reparative justice in the state treasury. This would be where the money would come from to pay for reparations. The senate voted in favor of establishing that fund, but no specific funding mechanism has been determined. As the state continues to navigate this significant budget deficit weve been telling you about. In other words, the account would be opened, but no money would be in that account. That one passed 29 to 8. The third bill passed in a 32 to 5 vote. It would provide compensation to families whove had their property taken from them in racially loaded applications of Eminent Domain. The power of Eminent Domain has been used repeatedly to abuse, to move black and brown people off of their land and destroy their homes. These actions have devastated the opportun