Virginia Senate Bill 204 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-31 - Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) shall not be denied assistance solely because he has been convicted of a first-time felony offense of possession of a controlled substance, provided that he complies with all obligations imposed by the court and the Department of Social Services, is actively engaged in or has completed a substance abuse treatment program, and participates in drug screenings. The bill provides that a person who fails or refuses to participate in periodic drug testing or who tests positive for the use of illegal substances shall be ineligible to receive TANF benefits for a period of 12 months; however, such person is given one opportunity during the 12-month period to comply with the testing requirement and be reinstated to eligibility for TANF benefits.

TANF; eligibility, person who refuses to participate in periodic drug testing, drug-related felony.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2018-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-31	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (7-Y 8-N)
2018-01-19	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2018-01-19	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (8-Y 6-N)
2018-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2018-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102662D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	607.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB204
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB204+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S09V0034+SB0204
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S05V0118+SB0204