Higher educational institutions, public; notice to students, SNAP benefits.
Summary
Public institutions of higher education; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; notice to students; SNAP benefits.Requires each public institution of higher education to ensure thatall students have access to accurate information about the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including eligibility and howto apply. The bill also directs each institution to advertise theapplication and process for applying for SNAP prominently on the institution's website, in orientation materials that are distributedto each new student, in at least one campus-wide email per academicyear to all students at such institution, and through other means.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 28, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (79-Y 18-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB582E
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103841D
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
A.C. Cordoza
RRepublican
Co
Briana Sewell
DDemocratic
Co
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Eileen Filler-Corn
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
John Avoli
RRepublican
Co
Karen Greenhalgh
RRepublican
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
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