This 35 minute debate was preceded by hours and hours of negotiations between Legislators who filed amendments to severely restrict the use of EBT Cards by welfare recipients to prevent fraud and Legislators who were concerned that the proposed solutions were unenforceable and threatened small businesses and certain professional services — carefully itemized on a 16 page list. Here is a short summary of what was developed.
Description of House Section 35
What follows is a preliminary summary of what is in the revised House section 35. The members did not see it until very shortly before it was brought to the floor. The following members spoke against the further amendment: Reps. Sciortino, Wolf, Swan, Henriquez, and Balser. More would have spoken against but Russell Holmes spoke in favor of it , and asked for a vote “forthwith,” which shut off debate.
