Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2879
SNAP recipients; must take TABE exam and achieve certain scores before will be exempt from work requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A RECIPIENT OF BENEFITS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) SHALL NOT BE EXEMPT FROM THE WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM UNTIL AFTER THE RECIPIENT TAKES THE TEST OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (TABE) AND ACHIEVES A SCORE AT OR ABOVE THE 12TH GRADE LEVEL IN EACH CATEGORY; 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
January 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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 Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate