Virginia House Bill 1891 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-30 - Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Eligibility for food stamps; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive food stamp benefits shall not be denied such assistance solely because he has been convicted of a drug-related felony. Under current law, such individuals may not be denied food stamp benefits based on a felony conviction of possession of a controlled substance, provided that such person is complying with, or has already complied with, all obligations imposed by the criminal court, is actively engaged in or has completed a substance abuse treatment program, participates in periodic drug screenings, and fulfills any other obligations as determined by the Department of Social Services.

Food stamps; eligibility, drug-related felonies.

Del. Matthew James [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]
Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2019-01-30 - House - House: Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (15-Y 7-N) (Y: 15 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-30	House	Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
2019-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
2019-01-24	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2019-01-24	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-24	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (15-Y 7-N)
2019-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2019-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 4-N)
2019-01-15	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101723D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1891
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1891+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1202V0005+HB1891
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H12V0032+HB1891
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0205V0016+HB1891
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H02V0029+HB1891