SB 1084 (2014) -  Public Assistance Fraud

General Bill by Criminal Justice
Public Assistance Fraud: Providing enhanced criminal penalties if the value of public assistance or identification wrongfully received, retained, misappropriated, sought, or used is of an aggregate value exceeding specified amounts; providing for a reward for a report of original information relating to a violation of the state’s public assistance fraud laws if the information and report meet specified requirements; requiring that a parent or caretaker relative who has been disqualified due to fraud have a protective payee designated to receive temporary cash assistance benefits for eligible children, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2014
Last Event: 05/01/14 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 515 (Ch. 2014-119) -SJ 940 on Thursday, May 1, 2014 11:42 AM

PCB committee actions:

  • SPB 7044 recommended by:
    Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 02/17/14   4:00 PM
    • Submitted as Committee Bill (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 04/09/14 2:00 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 5

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 515 Subject: Public Assistance Fraud Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • P 158504 , Appropriations Date Filed: 04/15/14, Line#: 0
    • A 439384 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Garcia Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 171 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/09/2014 04:28 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/15/2014 2:05:10 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/8/2014 12:57:00 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 2/18/2014 3:26:27 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 515 (Ch. 2014-119) -SJ 940 Time: 05/01/2014 - 11:42 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Substituted CS/HB 515 -SJ 940 Time: 05/01/2014 - 11:42 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 940 Time: 05/01/2014 - 11:41 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 04/30/2014 - 4:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/14 -SJ 784 Time: 04/29/2014 - 10:22 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 784 Time: 04/29/2014 - 10:21 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Withdrawn from Appropriations: Subcommittee Recommendation not considered -SJ 784 Time: 04/29/2014 - 10:20 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: __
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 515 Time: 04/11/2014 - 4:55 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: __
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 5 -SJ 515 Time: 04/09/2014 - 3:24 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/09/14, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 04/04/2014 - 1:50 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 88 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 88 Time: 02/21/2014 - 8:33 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/18/2014 - 2:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S SPB 7044 submitted as a committee bill (SB 1084) by Criminal Justice Time: 02/18/2014 - 2:14 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
414.095 CS/HB 515
414.39 CS/HB 515, SB 938, HB 7133