BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2896
HB 2896: Public asst benefit payments
Describing when payment of public assistance benefits by electronic funds transfer is not required.
Summary
- $ The bill allows cash assistance recipients to choose to receive their grants as checks, rather than using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
- $ The bill requires that the eligibility worker and the recipient jointly determine whether the use of the EBT card imposes a hardship due to: a physical or mental disability; a hardship due to a geographic, language, or literacy barrier; or a financial hardship.
From the House Bill Report (HB 2896), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
- IntroducedJan 24, 2000
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Val Ogden (D-49)
- Introduced
- January 24, 2000 in the House
- Last action
- February 4, 2000
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
- Versions
- HB 2896, SHB 2896
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Val Ogden (D-49)
10 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
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 2896 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2896 (2019–20) Surplus land, buildings
- HB 2896 (2017–18) Transp. accounts transfers
- HB 2896 (2015–16) Oil spill planning reqs.
- HB 2896 (2009–10) Law enf. burglar alarm progr
- HB 2896 (2007–08) Public assistance grants
- HB 2896 (2005–06) Collective bargaining
- HB 2896 (2003–04) Governor's powers
- HB 2896 (2001–02) Emergency med tech/retiremnt