Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2117
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and (SNAP) Programs; impose certain restrictions on expenditures and eligibility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY FOR TANF ASSISTANCE; TO PROHIBIT TANF RECIPIENTS FROM PURCHASING CERTAIN ITEMS WITH THEIR BENEFITS; TO LIMIT TANF ATM WITHDRAWALS, TO IMPOSE CERTAIN RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR TANF ELIGIBILITY; TO IMPOSE CERTAIN WORK REQUIREMENTS ON TANF RECIPIENTS; TO IMPOSE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON THE ALLOWABLE PERIOD OF TANF ELIGIBILITY; TO IMPOSE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY AND EXPENDITURES UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP); 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 1 to February 23, 2016, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 1 to Feb 23 · stopped22 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 1 to Feb 23 · stopped22 days
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 Senate Feb 1 – Feb 23
- Feb 1Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 1Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate