Indiana Senate Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Passed on April 27 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-27 - Public Law 207
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Asset limitation for SNAP eligibility. Requires the division of family resources to: (1) beginning January 1, 2018, implement within the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) an expanded eligibility category and specifies a countable asset limitation for resources of $5,000 in determining an individual's SNAP eligibility; and (2) notify the United States Department of Agriculture of the implementation of expanded categorical eligibility under SNAP. Specifies certain resources that may not be counted as an asset for purposes of SNAP eligibility. Requires the division of family resources to submit a report to the legislative council concerning the projected total amounts that

Asset limitation for SNAP eligibility. Requires the division of family resources to: (1) beginning January 1, 2018, implement within the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) an expanded eligibility category and specifies a countable asset limitation for resources of $5,000 in determining an individual's SNAP eligibility; and (2) notify the United States Department of Agriculture of the implementation of expanded categorical eligibility under SNAP. Specifies certain resources that may not be counted as an asset for purposes of SNAP eligibility. Requires the division of family resources to submit a report to the legislative council concerning the projected total amounts that

Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Julie Olthoff [R]	Rep. David Frizzell [R]	Rep. Linda Lawson [D]
Rep. Cindy Ziemke [R]

2017-04-17 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments (Y: 28 N: 17 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-04 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-03-29 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 34 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-27	Senate	Public Law 207
2017-04-27	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-21	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-04-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-04-17	Senate	Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 471: yeas 28, nays 17
2017-04-12	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2017-04-05	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2017-04-04	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 374: yeas 97, nays 0
2017-04-03	House	Representative Ziemke added as cosponsor
2017-04-03	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-03-30	House	Representative Lawson added as cosponsor
2017-03-30	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-03-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2017-03-01	Senate	Referred to the House
2017-02-28	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Frizzell
2017-02-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
2017-02-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 34, nays 16
2017-02-27	Senate	Amendment #1 (Merritt) prevailed; voice vote
2017-02-27	Senate	Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-02-23	Senate	Placed back on second reading
2017-02-16	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2017-02-16	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-02-13	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-01-26	Senate	Senator Ford added as third author
2017-01-24	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2017-01-04	Senate	Senator Becker added as second author
2017-01-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services
2017-01-04	Senate	Authored by Senator Merritt

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/154/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/d/9/1/fd919455/SB0154.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/9/b/0f9bd2b7/SB0154.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/6/f/326f7dcf/SB0154.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/6/a/6f6a3e21/SB0154.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/8/b/868b6186/SB0154.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/1/7/1/4171d38b/SB0154.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/b/6/1/eb612186/SB0154.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/9/9/7/f9975718/SB0154.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/6/d/f/56dfb87e/SB0154.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/3/9/8e398f63/SB0154.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/d/e/8/ede85697/SB0154.216.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/d/3/0fd3dfe3/SB0154.03.ENGS.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/c/d/15cdbbd9/SB0154.374.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/3/b/c/b3bc6035/SB0154.471.pdf