Wrap: If a person is participating in a substance abuse program, Democrat Bonnaye Mims from Kansas City thinks they should get a chance in the federal aid program.

Mims says she hopes other lawmakers see this plan as a way to help people who are working to better themselves.

Mims said she kept the same language from a bill that failed in the Senate last year. 

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hanna Battah.

Wrap: Democrat Bonnaye Mims from Kansas City pre-filed a measure that would make people with substance abuse felonies eligible for food stamps if they are involved with a treatment program.

Mims says these people don't only live in her district, but all over Missouri. She hopes Missouri lawmakers change their mind about her bill, which failed in the Senate last year.

Mims said this is not a way of condoning drug use, but instead giving Missourians looking to better themselves a second chance.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hanna Battah.