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BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

HB 2280: Personal responsibility act

Implementing the federal personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996.

Summary

  • Provides that a family that includes an adult who has received temporary assistance for needy families for sixty months after the effective date of this section shall be ineligible for further temporary assistance for needy families assistance.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2280), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedApr 14, 1997
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Roger Bush (R-2)
Introduced
April 14, 1997 in the House
Last action
January 12, 1998

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Roger Bush (R-2)

9 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 9 Republicans)

John Koster R-39Duane Sommers R-6Bill Backlund R-45Marc Boldt R-17Tom Mielke R-18Cathy McMorris R-7Bill Thompson R-44Kathy Lambert R-45Jim Dunn R-17

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

HB 2280 in other sessions

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