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Bill SNAP benefits program; eligibility for benefits, postsecondary education. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; food stamp program; eligibility; postsecondary education. Adds participation in educational activities that lead to a post-secondary credential from an accredited institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to the list of activities to which a participant in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work may be enrolled and directs the Board of Social Services to amend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits program) to (i) establish broad-based categorical eligibility, (ii) set the gross income eligibility standard at 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, (iii) not impose an asset limit for eligibility, and (iv) increase opportunities for self-sufficiency through postsecondary education by allowing SNAP benefits program participants to satisfy applicable employment and training requirements through enrollment in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1820 Virginia HB 1820 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1820 (2021) — SNAP benefits program; eligibility for benefits, postsecondary education.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; food stamp program; eligibility; postsecondary education. Adds participation in educational activities that lead to a post-secondary credential from an accredited institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to the list of activities to which a participant in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work may be enrolled and directs the Board of Social Services to amend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits program) to (i) establish broad-based categorical eligibility, (ii) set the gross income eligibility standard at 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, (iii) not impose an asset limit for eligibility, and (iv) increase opportunities for self-sufficiency through postsecondary education by allowing SNAP benefits program participants to satisfy applicable employment and training requirements through enrollment in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0160 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103357D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1820ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101472D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 160 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — 180 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
  • Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
  • David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
  • David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
  • Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
  • Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
  • Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
  • Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101472D introduction
  • 2021-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2021-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
  • 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1820)
  • 2021-01-20 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103357D-H1 substitution
  • 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-01-26 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-27 Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 21103357D-H1
  • 2021-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1820H1
  • 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1820H1)
  • 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-12 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-12 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-18 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1820ER)
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
  • 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25d260e4-f8e7-4310-8917-e34dfe0f8d92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).