BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

SB 5344: Federal funding/COVID-19

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through state actions supported by federal funding.

Summary

Appropriates $2.2 billion in federal funding from a combination of the federal Consolidated Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Coronavirus Relief Fund under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and Medicaid for K-12 public schools, public health, healthcare, assistance to individuals and families, housing assistance, and business assistance.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5344), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through state actions supported by federal funding;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5344 (2025–26) Essential worker health care · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5344 (2023–24) School modernization loans · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5344 (2019–20) Nursing fatigue · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5344 (2017–18) Equal pay act enforcement · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5344 (2015–16) Ballots, prepaid postage · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5344 (2013–14) Trusts · Enacted · Chapter 272, Laws of 2013
SB 5344 (2011–12) Department of transportation · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5344 (2009–10) Emergency towing vessels · Enacted · Chapter 11, Laws of 2009