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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 656

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Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.

Public assistance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Administration administers a federally

funded program for providing heating assistance to low-income households.

Current law provides that certain low-income households are eligible for a heating

assistance benefit under that program in an amount of not more than $1. This bill

provides that those households are eligible for such a heating assistance benefit in

an amount equal to $21.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Energy and Utilities and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 62

Failed 35–62 Feb 9, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Brostoff, Shankland, Goyke, Johnson, Milroy, Genrich, Kahl, Sargent, Kolste, Spreitzer, Berceau, Subeck, Sinicki, Kessler, Riemer, Quinn, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Wachs, Doyle, Barnes, Pope, Considine, Hebl, Young, Mason, C. Taylor, Zepnick, Hesselbein and Danou

  2. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Energy and Utilities and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 62

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1