Virginia House Bill 2181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Food stamp eligibility; 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 first-time felony offense of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance in violation of ? 18.2-248, provided that he complies with all obligations imposed by the criminal court and the Department of Social Services, is actively engaged in or has completed substance abuse treatment, and participates in drug screenings. Current law prohibits denial of such benefits only if such persons have been convicted of felony possession of a controlled substance.

Food stamps; eligibility to receive benefits if convicted of drug-related felonies.

Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Daun Hester [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101693D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	505.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2181
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2181+hil