Illinois House Bill 2744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in an effort to promote self-support and reduce the likelihood of long-term economic dependency, when a recipient of financial aid provided under the Code experiences a reduction in financial aid upon obtaining employment, the Department of Human Services shall for one year pay the recipient monthly amounts equal to the difference between the monthly amount in reduced financial aid the recipient receives plus monthly earnings and the monthly amount in financial aid the recipient would have received had he or she not obtained employment. Provides that this provision shall apply only if the recipient's monthly amount in reduced financial aid plus monthly earnings is less than the monthly amount in financial aid the recipient would have received had he or she not obtained employment. Effective immediately.

DHS-PUBLIC AID-REDUCD BENEFITS

Rep. Jim Sacia [R]	Rep. Mary Flowers [D]	Rep. Naomi Jakobsson [D]	Rep. Cynthia Soto [D]
Rep. Derrick Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-04-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-04-18	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2013-04-18	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2013-03-13	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Cynthia Soto
2013-03-13	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
2013-03-13	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
2013-03-13	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
2013-03-13	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2013-03-13	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2013-03-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
2013-03-13	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2013-03-13	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000
2013-03-04	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
2013-02-21	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-21	House	First Reading
2013-02-21	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	12-4.45	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2744&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2744.htm