Introduced
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To provide a "template" or "place holder" for supplemental Fiscal Year 2005-2006 appropriations. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To use the bill as a "vehicle" for a welfare reform bill that establishes a 48-month lifetime limit on cash benefit payments to able bodied welfare recipients. This version was subsequently superceded by another substitute with changes in the details of the proposal. See the House-passed version for a fuller description.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details of the committee-passed version, but does not change its substance. A person who violated work requirements a first or second time would have their cash benefits suspended for three months, and 12 months for a third violation. See the House-passed bill for a fuller description.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To eliminate a reference to a particular organization that provides employment and rehabilitation training to people with severe cognitive and physical disabilities, and instead refer generally to a "community-based organization with demonstrated ability of providing vocational rehabilitation and evaluation services for persons with disabilities." This relates to determining whether an individual is able-bodied for purposes of the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To establish that a person who has violated his or her work requirements and therefore had cash benefits suspended for a period must sull work for the last 30 days of that period to qualify for the resumption of cash benefits.
The amendment passed 65 to 35 (details)
Amendment offered
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To make a person convicted of a felony under the state's illegal drug laws ineligible for cash welfare benefits.
The amendment passed 86 to 16 (details)
Amendment offered
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To make a person convicted of a violent felony ineligible for cash welfare benefits.
The amendment passed 88 to 15 (details)
Amendment offered
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To make a person who is a fugitive from justice or who has been found in violation of his or her probation or parole ineligible for cash welfare benefits, and require the Department of Social Services to cooperate with law enforcement officials in investigations of such individuals.
The amendment passed 83 to 19 (details)
Amendment offered
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To establish that a person who has violated the welfare work requirements for a third time will have their cash benefits suspended for a period of 24 months, not 12 months.
The amendment passed 56 to 47 (details)
Amendment offered
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To establish a pilot drug testing program for cash benefit welfare recipients who show signs of illegal drug use.
The amendment passed 75 to 28 (details)
Amendment offered
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To require welfare recipients to provide proof that they are U.S. citizens or legal aliens. The Department of Social Services would be required to refer information about illegal aliens to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
The amendment passed 85 to 18 (details)
Amendment offered
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To lower the lifetime cap on cash welfare benefits from the 48 months proposed by the bill to 36 months.
The amendment failed 46 to 57 (details)
Amendment offered
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To lower the lifetime cap on cash welfare benefits from the 48 months proposed by the bill to 24 months.
The amendment failed 27 to 74 (details)
Passed in the House 64 to 39 (details)
To establish a 48-month lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits for able-bodied individuals, and a 24 month limit on consecutive cash benefits. Twelve months would then have to pass before the person could get cash benefits again Months in which the unemployment rate in the person's county is above 10 percent would not apply toward the 48 month or 24 month limit. Recipients would have to comply with work or training requirements. A person who violated these a first or second time would have their cash benefits suspended for at least three months, 24 months for a third violation, and permanently for a fourth violation. The suspension periods would apply toward the lifetime limit.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
