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| Bill | TANF & Va. Initiative for Education & Work; hardship exception. | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; hardship exception. Requires the Department of Social Services to (i) keep records of the number of Virginia Initiative for Education and Work participants who receive an exception to the time limitations on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits due to hardship and the specific circumstances relied upon to grant such exceptions and (ii) annually publish nonidentifying statistics regarding such information. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1137 | Virginia HB 1137 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1137 (2020) — TANF & Va. Initiative for Education & Work; hardship exception.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; hardship exception. Requires the Department of Social Services to (i) keep records of the number of Virginia Initiative for Education and Work participants who receive an exception to the time limitations on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits due to hardship and the specific circumstances relied upon to grant such exceptions and (ii) annually publish nonidentifying statistics regarding such information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1137ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1137) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101649D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB1137)
- 2020-01-21 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-27 VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2020-02-07 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N)
- 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-13 Enrolled
- 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1137ER)
- 2020-02-13 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-13 Signed by President
- 2020-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 17, 2020
- 2020-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 24, 2020
- 2020-02-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6b3cb46-9120-4f3c-9373-50b39a03048b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).