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Key Votes
HB 2782 - Limiting Disability Benefits - Key Vote
Washington Key Votes
Dawn Morrell voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this Legislation.
Read statements Dawn Morrell made in this general time period.
Stages
- March 29, 2010 Executive Signed
- March 22, 2010 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- March 22, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- March 19, 2010 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 12, 2010 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 14, 2010 Introduced
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Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Line Item Veto) (Executive) - March 29, 2010
Title: Limiting Disability Benefits
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (57-40) - March 22, 2010(Key vote)
Title: Limiting Disability Benefits
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that establishes the Disability Lifeline Program for the purpose of distributing disability benefits, and limits eligibility for such benefits.
- -Providing assistance to individuals that are not eligible for federal aid assistance and who are pregnant "and in need," or are incapacitated from "gainful employment" because of physical or mental illness; and
-Providing housing vouchers to homeless individuals who meet the eligibility requirements.
- -Individuals who are deemed "unemployable" due to alcohol or drug addiction;
-Individuals who, without "good cause," refuse or fail to cooperate in obtaining federal aid assistance;
-Individuals who are already receiving federal aid assistance; and
-Individuals found to be fleeing prosecution or violating terms of probation.
- -Identifying a solution to integrate technology systems to create a user-friendly tool for residents to apply for benefits;
-Design a strategy that maximizes collaboration with community-based organizations to facilitate its use by low-income individuals and families; and
-Provide access to the website at a wide array of locations, such as libraries, community colleges, and churches.
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) (28-16) - March 22, 2010(Key vote)
Title: Limiting Disability Benefits
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Disability Lifeline Program for the purpose of distributing disability benefits, and limits eligibility for such benefits.
- -Providing assistance to individuals that are not eligible for federal aid assistance and who are pregnant "and in need," or are incapacitated from "gainful employment" because of physical or mental illness; and
-Providing housing vouchers to homeless individuals who meet the eligibility requirements.
- -Individuals who are deemed "unemployable" due to alcohol or drug addiction;
-Individuals who, without "good cause," refuse or fail to cooperate in obtaining federal aid assistance;
-Individuals who are already receiving federal aid assistance; and
-Individuals found to be fleeing prosecution or violating terms of probation.
- -Identifying a solution to integrate technology systems to create a user-friendly tool for residents to apply for benefits;
-Design a strategy that maximizes collaboration with community-based organizations to facilitate its use by low-income individuals and families; and
-Provide access to the website at a wide array of locations, such as libraries, community colleges, and churches.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (-) - March 19, 2010
NOTE: AFTER PASSING THE CHAMBER OF ORIGIN, THE OPPOSING CHAMBER, BY RESOLUTION, RETURNED THE LEGISLATION TO THE CHAMBER OF ORIGIN, WHICH AGAIN VOTED ON PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. ALTHOUGH, ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THE FIRST PASSAGE VOTE.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (-) - Feb. 12, 2010
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 14, 2010
Title: Limiting Disability Benefits
Sponsors
- Sherry V. Appleton (WA - D)
- Reuven Carlyle (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mary Lou Dickerson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Ericks (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tami Green (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ruth L. Kagi (WA - D)
- Lynn Kessler (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. McCoy (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James C. 'Jim' Moeller (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dawn Morrell (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sharon Nelson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tina L. Orwall (WA - D)
- Mary Helen Roberts (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
