Virginia Senate Bill 24 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-07 - Senate: Continued to 2013 in Finance (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties. Requires a 180-day mandatory minimum sentence for misdemeanor entitlement fraud, a one year mandatory minimum sentence for felony entitlement fraud, a repayment of three times the benefits received, and a lifetime bar on receipt of entitlement. The entitlements covered by the bill are housing assistance programs, medical assistance, food stamps, energy assistance, and any other program designated under regulations of the State Board of Social Services, State Board of Health, or Board of Medical Assistance Services.

Welfare and other entitlement fraud; penalties.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2012-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2013 in Finance (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-07		Senate: Continued to 2013 in Finance (15-Y 0-N)
2012-02-01		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2012-02-01		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
2012-02-01		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105015D-S1
2011-12-28		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-12-28		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101015D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	186.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	321.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	522	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	523	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB24
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB24+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB24S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0093+SB0024
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S05V0064+SB0024