VA HB824 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; limitations. Limits the locations in which electronic benefit transfer cards may be used to the Commonwealth, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia, unless the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipient is granted a waiver by the Department of Social Services. The bill also provides that in the event a recipient uses an electronic benefit transfer card in any other location, the recipient is required to return such funds and thereby forfeits eligibility for future benefits. The bill contains technical amendments regarding the name of the food stamp program.
Title
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; limitations.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-16 | House | Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2016-01-26 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
| 2016-01-20 | House | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2016-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2016-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102303D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB824 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB824+hil |
