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2022 SESSION

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HB 1270 SNAP benefits; waiver to allow inmates of correctional facilities to apply prior to release.

Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

SNAP benefits program; inmates of state or local correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to convene a work group to analyze and develop a proposal to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities in the Commonwealth to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits prior to release from custody. The bill directs the Department to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022.

FULL TEXT

• 01/20/22  House: Presented and ordered printed 22104410D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22105671D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/09/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22106386D-H2  pdf | impact statement
• 03/12/22  House: Conference substitute printed 22107875D-H3  pdf | impact statement
• 03/21/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1270ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed
• Conference amendments
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/20/22  House: Presented and ordered printed 22104410D
• 01/20/22  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/28/22  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
• 02/01/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/22  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/08/22  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 02/08/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22105671D-H1
• 02/08/22  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/08/22  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
• 02/08/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22106386D-H2
• 02/09/22  House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/22  House: Read first time
• 02/14/22  House: Read second time
• 02/14/22  House: Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions substitute rejected 22105671D-H1
• 02/14/22  House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 22106386D-H2
• 02/14/22  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1270H2
• 02/15/22  House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 14-N)
• 02/15/22  House: VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N)
• 02/16/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 02/25/22  Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 02/25/22  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 03/01/22  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/22  Senate: Read third time
• 03/03/22  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/03/22  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/03/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/03/22  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 5-N)
• 03/07/22  House: Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
• 03/07/22  House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
• 03/08/22  Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (37-Y 1-N)
• 03/08/22  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/09/22  House: House acceded to request
• 03/10/22  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/10/22  House: Delegates: Sickles, Edmunds, Cherry
• 03/10/22  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/10/22  Senate: Senators: Morrissey, Boysko, Hanger
• 03/12/22  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/12/22  House: Conference substitute printed 22107875D-H3
• 03/12/22  House: Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 14-N)
• 03/12/22  House: VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 14-N)
• 03/12/22  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/21/22  House: Enrolled
• 03/21/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1270ER)
• 03/21/22  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/22  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/22/22  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 03/22/22  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 04/11/22  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/27/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/27/22  House: House sustained Governor's veto