Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 228
SNAP and TANF recipients; require those unemployed to take Test of Adult Basic Education.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE RECIPIENTS OF BENEFITS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OR THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROGRAM TO TAKE THE TEST OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (TABE); TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE RECIPIENT SCORES BELOW THE 12TH GRADE LEVEL IN ANY CATEGORY OF THE TABE, THE RECIPIENT MUST ENROLL IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR THE TABE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO BECOME COMPETENT IN THOSE CATEGORIES IN WHICH THE RECIPIENT IS DEFICIENT, AND TAKE THE TABE AGAIN AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM OF STUDY; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 7 to February 3, 2026, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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 House of Representatives Jan 7 – Feb 3
- Jan 7Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Universities and Colleges
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 7Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Universities and CollegesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives