ACTION ALERT:Tell Senators to override Pillen's Veto on ending the SNAP Ban
LB319, Sen. Rountree’s bill to end the lifetime SNAP ban for people with felony drug convictions successfully passed final reading yesterday with a vote of 32-17.
Unfortunately, Governor Pillen vetoed LB319 within hours of it coming to his desk for his signature to become law.
Senator Carolyn Bosn said it best during LB319’s select file debate (video, 2:29:50), ‘I draw the line at withholding food from someone as a form of consequence.’
Senators need to stand up to end the LIFETIME ban for Nebraskans who are trying to turn their lives around and may need access to FOOD when they cannot provide it.
A lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for people with felony drug convictions is a failed, archaic policy from the nonsensical war on drugs from the late 80s and 90s. We have learned that public health approaches are what work to ensure we address substance use disorders in a humane way, not from a punitive manner that continues to perpetuate the cycle of addiction.
Please contact your senator now and urge them to OVERRIDE this veto!
