2011 Senate Bill 362

Ban future benefits to food stamp scammers

Introduced in the Senate

May 5, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D-9)

To make a person ineligible for future food stamps (now provided through “bridge cards”) who as a means of obtaining cash uses this welfare benefit to buy products (presumably beverages) that come in containers with deposits, throws out the product, and returns the containers for the deposit money.

Referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors, and Human Services