Date	Chamber	Action
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

305 ILCS 5/16-2

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Survivor Support And Trafficking Prevention Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Extends eligibility for cash assistance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes who are preparing to file an application for T Nonimmigrant status or other specified nonimmigrant status applications. Removes a provision conditioning such assistance on the availability of funding. Removes a provision excluding from cash assistance and SNAP eligibility foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes who are single adults without family members. Removes a provision excluding from SNAP eligibility foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes who reside in an institution or other setting that provides the majority of their daily meals. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
2/18/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2/18/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2/18/2025	House	First Reading
2/18/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/26/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
3/11/2025	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
3/11/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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