HR8503Referred to Committee

Save SNAP Act of 2026

Share:
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-04-27
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘ
Type

Sponsor

Shomari Figures
Shomari Figures
Democrat · AL · Representative
Votes with party: 96.4% (576 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/F000481

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-04-27

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Previously

Plain-English Summary

If a state runs out of money to pay its share of food stamp benefits, the federal government would automatically cover those costs instead of letting the program run short. This would guarantee that low-income individuals and families continue receiving their nutrition assistance without interruption, even during state budget crises. The change would shift some financial responsibility from states to the federal government when states cannot afford their portion of the program.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8503 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8503 To ensure that the Federal share of the supplemental nutrition assistance program allotment costs shall be mandatory if a State cannot pay the applicable State share of applicable allotment costs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2026 Mr. Figures (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Sewell, and Ms. Bynum) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure that the Federal share of the supplemental nutrition assistance program allotment costs shall be mandatory if a State cannot pay the applicable State share of applicable allotment costs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Save SNAP Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. BENEFIT COST SHIFT FAIRNESS. Section 4(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``The Secretary'' by inserting the following: ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) Hardship exception.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a State cannot pay the applicable State cost share in paragraph (2)(B)(i) for any reason-- ``(i) the Secretary shall pay for the full cost of an allotment described in paragraph (1) for any fiscal year; and ``(ii) paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to such State for such fiscal year.''. SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2026. <all>
Open clean-text viewRead on Congress.gov →

Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.