FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 1089

PARTIAL VETO

                          C 59 L 97

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Correcting references to the former aid to families with dependent children program.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Children & Family Services (originally sponsored by  Representatives Cooke, Tokuda, Radcliff, Backlund, Boldt, Mason and Cairnes).

House Committee on Children & Family Services

Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

Background:  The U.S. Congress repealed the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and replaced it with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as part of federal welfare reform.

Summary:  References to the AFDC program in the Revised Code of Washington are deleted and replaced with references to the TANF program.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  95 0

Senate 47 0

Effective:July 27, 1997

Partial Veto Summary:  The governor vetoed two sections that were also amended by EHB 3901, to avoid inconsistency between the two bills.