16. HB 1959 3rd Reading
POSITION
Oppose
House Record Vote: 416
Passage to engrossment of HB 1959. RV 416, p 3131, 5/11/01 HB 1959 passed 78-59-2.
YCT Nay. The bill that would allow for the state of Texas flexibility in determining how to count the household income of certain ineligible legal immigrants for eligibility in the food stamp program. If the federal government does not recognize certain immigrants as eligible for food stamps, then the state of Texas should not count their income for allotting food stamps.
POSITION
Oppose
Vote Breakdown:
- Favor
- Oppose
- Absent
- Speaker
- Chair
- Absent, Excused
- Present, not voting
- Not Applicable
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