SB 119 Summary

• Establishes a Performing Arts Pilot Program Committee within the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to solicit, review, and select performing arts grant proposals and evaluate their outcomes.

• Committee composition includes the executive director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (chair), the chairs of the Senate and House standing committees on culture and the arts, and two representatives from the performing arts community.

• Defines "performing arts" to include dance, singing, musical performances, and theatre intended to be performed before an audience.

• Appropriates $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2023-2024 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2024-2025 to fund grant proposals approved by the committee.

• Requires the committee to submit annual reports to the Legislature no later than twenty days before each regular legislative session beginning in 2024.