2005 House Bill 5440

Impose four year lifetime welfare limit

Introduced in the House

Nov. 22, 2005

Introduced by Rep. Tom Pearce (R-73)

To require the Department of Human Services to determine whether new Michigan residents applying for welfare have received welfare or Medicaid in the state in which he or she previously resided. This relates to House Bill 5438, which imposes a four-year lifetime cap on cash welfare benefits.

Referred to the Committee on Families and Childrens Services

Nov. 30, 2005

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 1, 2005

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 62 to 45 (details)

Received in the Senate

Dec. 6, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services

Dec. 8, 2005

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Gilda Jacobs (D-14)

To not count welfare payments a person received in another state against the four-year welfare cash benefit cap this legislative package would impose.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 24 to 11 (details)

To require the Department of Human Services to determine whether new Michigan residents applying for welfare have received welfare or Medicaid in the state in which he or she previously resided. This relates to House Bill 5438, which imposes a four-year lifetime cap on cash welfare benefits.

Received in the House

Dec. 8, 2005

Dec. 13, 2005

Substitute offered by Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R-75)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 63 to 45 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version, with minor changes.

Received in the Senate

Dec. 13, 2005

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Passed in the Senate 23 to 14 (details)

Vetoed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Dec. 27, 2005