Virginia House Bill 2208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Food stamp program; electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card. Requires that each EBT card issued to a food stamp program recipient display a photograph of the recipient. The bill directs the Department of Social Services to (i) establish procedures to ensure that all eligible household members or authorized representatives of the recipient are able to access benefits from the account as necessary and (ii) enter into memoranda of understanding or other similar agreements with other departments, agencies, and institutions of the Commonwealth, including the Department of Motor Vehicles, to share photographs, when available.

Food stamp program; electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card.

Del. Brenda Pogge [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2017-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2017-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100920D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2208
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2208+hil