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§ 63.2-607.1 Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies

A person who is otherwise eligible to receive TANF assistance shall be exempt from the application of § 115(a)(1) of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, P.L. 104-193, and shall not be denied such assistance solely because he has been convicted of a drug-related felony.

History

This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 221 and 361 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2020, cc. 221, 361.

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Amendment Attempts

HB226: TANF; eligibility of assistance when convicted of drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB420: Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies. (failed)

SB552: Eligibilty for TANF; drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB1458: TANF; assistance when convicted of drug-related felony. (failed)

SB835: TANF; assistance when convicted of drug-related felony, ineligible if fail or refuse drug testing. (failed)

HB1068: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); eligibility, drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB1569: TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies. (failed)

SB819: TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB828: TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB992: TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies. (failed)

SB635: TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB945: TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies. (failed)

SB204: TANF; eligibility, person who refuses to participate in periodic drug testing, drug-related felony. (failed)

HB2397: TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies. (failed)

HB566: Food stamps and TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies. (passed)

HB814: TANF; eligibility for drug-related felonies.

HB1130: TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies.

SB155: TANF; eligibility for drug-related felonies.