l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1224

DHS; develop program to track recipients of SNAP benefits (food stamps).

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO TRACK RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP), FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRACKING PROGRAM SHALL TRACK THE RECIPIENTS' USAGE OF SNAP BENEFITS FROM THE TIME THEY FIRST RECEIVE THE BENEFITS, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THEY RECEIVE THE BENEFITS, WHEN THEY TERMINATE PARTICIPATION IN THE SNAP PROGRAM, AND PATTERNS OF USAGE WHILE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SUMMARIES OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER THE TRACKING PROGRAM TO CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS EACH YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 1224 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 19 to Jan 3011 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 16 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 16Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 16Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate