Virginia House Bill 1820 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; food stamp program; eligibility; postsecondary education. Adds participation in educational activities that lead to a post-secondary credential from an accredited institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to the list of activities to which a participant in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work may be enrolled and directs the Board of Social Services to amend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits program to (i) establish broad-based categorical eligibility, (ii) set the gross income eligibility standard at 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, (iii) not impose an asset limit for eligibility, and (iv) increase opportunities for self-sufficiency through postsecondary education by allowing SNAP benefits program participants to satisfy applicable employment and training requirements through enrollment in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; food stamp program; eligibility; postsecondary education. Adds participation in educational activities that lead to a post-secondary credential from an accredited institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to the list of activities to which a participant in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work may be enrolled and directs the Board of Social Services to amend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits program to (i) establish broad-based categorical eligibility, (ii) set the gross income eligibility standard at 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, (iii) not impose an asset limit for eligibility, and (iv) increase opportunities for self-sufficiency through postsecondary education by allowing SNAP benefits program participants to satisfy applicable employment and training requirements through enrollment in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

SNAP benefits program; eligibility for benefits, postsecondary education.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]
Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]
Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Martha Mugler [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]

2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
2021-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-22	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER)
2021-02-22	House	Enrolled
2021-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-17	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2021-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-12	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-02-12	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2021-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-01	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1820H1
2021-01-29	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103357D-H1
2021-01-29	House	Read second time
2021-01-28	House	Read first time
2021-01-27	House	Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2021-01-26	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2021-01-26	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-26	House	Committee substitute printed 21103357D-H1
2021-01-26	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
2021-01-15	House	Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
2021-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101472D

HB1820 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	609	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	611	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	801	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1820
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1820+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1820H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1820ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0160+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1820F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1820FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1820FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1204C0001+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H12C0065+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0205C0008+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H02C0038+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1273+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S09C0050+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S09V0018+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05V0058+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0114HB1820+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0136HB1820+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0137HB1820+HB1820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0138HB1820+HB1820