Illinois 99th Regular Session Status: Enacted 14 D cosponsors

SB 1847 — PUB AID-SNAP-GROSS INCOME

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0170

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 45 sponsors

    0 primary, 45 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (14 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval if required, a household that includes an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2); and a household that does not include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such household is at or below 165% of those nonfarm income poverty guidelines. Effective January 1, 2016.

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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0170

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2016

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Mark Batinick

  7. Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. John D. Anthony

  8. Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Barbara Wheeler

  9. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler

  10. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-035-000

  11. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi

  12. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente

  13. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

  14. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy

  15. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones

  16. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley

  17. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  18. Second Reading - Short Debate

  19. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015

  20. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  21. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  22. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  23. Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 021-000-000

  24. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  25. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner

  26. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  27. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis

  28. Motion Prevailed

  29. Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Appropriations-Human Services Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  30. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 22, 2015

  31. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams

  32. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  33. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler

  34. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore

  35. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  36. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick

  37. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  38. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick

  39. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

  40. Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015

  41. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony

  42. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman

  43. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.

  44. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris

  45. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling

  46. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

  47. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  48. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  49. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  50. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis

  51. Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee

  52. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Keith R. Wheeler

  53. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  54. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

  55. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang

  56. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

  57. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon

  58. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  59. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley

  60. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell

  61. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy

  62. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares

  63. Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Kathleen Willis

  64. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Michael W. Tryon

  65. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

  66. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace

  67. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

  68. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar

  69. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  70. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis

  71. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

  72. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine

  73. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico

  74. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon

  75. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

  76. Referred to Rules Committee

  77. First Reading

  78. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel

  79. Arrived in House

  80. Third Reading - Passed; 035-016-000

  81. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek

  82. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland

  83. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul

  84. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015

  85. Second Reading

  86. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings

  87. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz

  88. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

  89. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman

  90. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III

  91. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

  92. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  93. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski

  94. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  95. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 26, 2015

  96. Do Pass Human Services; 005-002-000

  97. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

  98. Postponed - Human Services

  99. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  100. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  101. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  102. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire

  103. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  104. Assigned to Human Services

  105. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  106. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  107. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  108. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  109. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush

  110. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado

  111. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans

  112. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  113. Referred to Assignments

  114. First Reading

  115. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss

Sponsors

  • Daniel Biss · Cosponsor
  • Laura Fine · Cosponsor
  • Michael P. McAuliffe · Cosponsor
  • Kelly M. Cassidy · Cosponsor
  • Esther Golar · Cosponsor
  • Litesa E. Wallace · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Lawrence Walsh · Cosponsor
  • Silvana Tabares · Cosponsor
  • Mike Smiddy · Cosponsor
  • Christian L. Mitchell · Cosponsor
  • Natalie A. Manley · Cosponsor
  • Kenneth Dunkin · Cosponsor
  • Michael W. Tryon · Cosponsor
  • La Shawn K. Ford · Cosponsor
  • Lou Lang · Cosponsor
  • Emanuel Chris Welch · Cosponsor
  • Cynthia Soto · Cosponsor
  • William "Will" Davis · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Flynn Currie · Cosponsor
  • Rita Mayfield · Cosponsor
  • Anna Moeller · Cosponsor
  • Daniel V. Beiser · Cosponsor
  • Sam Yingling · Cosponsor
  • Pamela Reaves-Harris · Cosponsor
  • Sr. Eddie Lee Jackson · Cosponsor
  • Jay Hoffman · Cosponsor
  • Edward J. Acevedo · Cosponsor
  • Sara Feigenholtz · Cosponsor
  • Will Guzzardi · Cosponsor
  • Patrick J. Verschoore · Cosponsor
  • Ann M. Williams · Cosponsor
  • Kathleen Willis · Cosponsor
  • Camille Y. Lilly · Cosponsor
  • Arthur Turner · Cosponsor
  • Michelle Mussman · Cosponsor
  • Monique D. Davis · Cosponsor
  • Mary E. Flowers · Cosponsor
  • Al Riley · Cosponsor
  • Thaddeus Jones · Cosponsor
  • Deb Conroy · Cosponsor
  • Stephanie A. Kifowit · Cosponsor
  • Carol Sente · Cosponsor
  • André Thapedi · Cosponsor
  • Chapa LaVia · Cosponsor
  • Robert F. Martwick · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 45 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (45)

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 81 Yea · 35 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 542802
Democrat 27100
Republican 0600
Total 813502
% of votes cast 69%30%0%2%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sandack — Nay
Willis — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Andersson — Yea
Anthony — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Batinick — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Mautino — Yea
Bourne — Nay
Breen — Nay
Brown — Nay
Butler — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Durkin — Nay
Fortner — Nay
Hays — Nay
Jesiel — Nay
Lang — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Sente — Yea
Smiddy — Yea
Soto — Yea
Tabares — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Harris, Greg — Yea
Bradley — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Burke, Daniel — Yea
Burke, Kelly — Yea
Jones — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Golar — Yea
Hurley — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Madigan — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McDermed — Nay
Wheeler, Barbara — Yea
Wheeler, Keith — Yea
McSweeney — Nay
Williams — Yea
Mitchell, Christian — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Sommer — Nay
Stewart — Nay
Tryon — Yea
Bennett — Nay
Turner — Yea
Unes — Nay
Brady — Nay
Verschoore — Yea
Wallace — Yea
Wehrli — Nay
Winger — Nay
Yingling — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Sullivan — Not Voting
Davis, Monique — Not Voting
Cavaletto — Nay
Cloonen — Yea
Conroy — Yea
Costello — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Demmer — Nay
Drury — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Frese — Nay
Ives — Nay
Kay — Nay
Nekritz — Yea
Phillips — Nay
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Yea
Reaves-Harris — Yea
Reis — Nay
Riley — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Carol Ammons Democrat Yea
Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Jehan Gordon-Booth Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Nay
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Laura Fine Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Martin J. Moylan Democrat Yea
Michelle Mussman Democrat Yea
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Yea
Rita Mayfield Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robert F. Martwick Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
Stephanie A. Kifowit Democrat Yea
Sue Scherer Democrat Yea
Will Guzzardi Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Charles Meier Republican Nay
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer Republican Nay
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Nay
John M. Cabello Republican Nay
Norine K. Hammond Republican Nay
Terri Bryant Republican Nay

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Third Reading

Passed 35 Yea · 16 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241206
Democrat 11101
Republican 0301
Total 351608
% of votes cast 59%27%0%14%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Landek — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Manar — Not Voting
Althoff — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Barickman — Nay
Bertino-Tarrant — Yea
Biss — Yea
Bivins — Nay
Bush — Yea
Mulroe — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Luechtefeld — Nay
McCann — Nay
Bennett — Yea
Harris — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Cullerton, T. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Steans — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Duffy — Nay
Forby — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Trotter — Yea
LaHood — Nay
Brady — Nay
McCarter — Nay
McConnaughay — Nay
Oberweis — Nay
Radogno — Not Voting
Silverstein — Not Voting
Connelly — Nay
Haine — Not Voting
Noland — Yea
Nybo — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Nay
Van Pelt — Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Nay
Linda Holmes Democrat Not Voting
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Michael E. Hastings Democrat Yea
Steve Stadelman Democrat Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Dave Syverson Republican Nay
Neil Anderson Republican Not Voting
Sue Rezin Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1847 do?
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval if required, a household that includes an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2); and a household that does not include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such household is at or below 165% of those nonfarm income poverty guidelines. Effective January 1, 2016.
Who sponsors SB 1847?
SB 1847 is sponsored by Daniel Biss, Laura Fine (Democrat), Michael P. McAuliffe, Kelly M. Cassidy (Democrat), Esther Golar, Litesa E. Wallace, Lawrence Walsh, Jr., Silvana Tabares, Mike Smiddy, Christian L. Mitchell, Natalie A. Manley (Democrat), Kenneth Dunkin, Michael W. Tryon, La Shawn K. Ford, Lou Lang, Emanuel Chris Welch, Cynthia Soto, William "Will" Davis (Democrat), Barbara Flynn Currie, Rita Mayfield (Democrat), Anna Moeller (Democrat), Daniel V. Beiser, Sam Yingling, Pamela Reaves-Harris, Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr., Jay Hoffman, Edward J. Acevedo, Sara Feigenholtz (Democrat), Will Guzzardi (Democrat), Patrick J. Verschoore, Ann M. Williams (Democrat), Kathleen Willis, Camille Y. Lilly (Democrat), Arthur Turner, Michelle Mussman (Democrat), Monique D. Davis, Mary E. Flowers, Al Riley, Thaddeus Jones (Democrat), Deb Conroy, Stephanie A. Kifowit (Democrat), Carol Sente, André Thapedi, Chapa LaVia, and Robert F. Martwick (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 1847?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2015. Enacted.
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