                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELIGIBILITY FOR FOOD STAMPS; DRUG-RELATED FELONIES (§ 63.2-505.2)

A person who is otherwise eligible to receive food stamp benefits shall be
exempt from the application of § 115(a) 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: 2005, c. 576; 2020, cc. 221, 361.