Virginia Senate Bill 830 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-13 - Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
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.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2017-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-13	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
2016-11-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2016-11-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101064D

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+SB830
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB830+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S09V0006+SB0830