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• Introduced by Sen. Gerald Van Woerkom (R) on January 29, 2009, to revise the purpose of a particular state loan program that subsidized various agriculture-related economic development projects (and which was replaced by a similar program in under the "21st Century Jobs Fund" law), so that this is purely a grant rather than a loan program.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture and Bioeconomy Committee on January 29, 2009.
    • Reported to the Senate on February 17, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on February 18, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 18, 2009.
• Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on February 19, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on February 19, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on February 19, 2009.
  • Reported in the House on March 18, 2009, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on January 27, 2010.