HB 502: Appropriate funds for SNAP, TANF, WIC upon lapse in federal funds
This bill aims to continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the state of Ohio. The funding will be contingent upon a lapse in federal funding. The state will use its budget stabilization fund to cover the costs, and the appropriation will expire when federal funding resumes. The bill also establishes accounting procedures and requires the directors of job and family services, budget and management, and health to certify the amount of federal reimbursement received after the lapse in federal funding. The bill takes effect immediately after it becomes law.
| Oct. 08, 2025 | Referred to committee: Agriculture |
| Oct. 07, 2025 | Introduced |
As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session
H. B. No. 502
2025-2026
Representative Humphrey
To make an appropriation to continue to fund the 1Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
2Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
3programs, and Special Supplemental Nutrition
4Program for Women, Infants, and Children
5contingent upon a lapse in federal funding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) As used in this section:
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8(1) "SNAP" means the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
9Program administered by the Department of Job and Family
10Services pursuant to section 5101.54 of the Revised Code.
11(2) "TANF programs" means the Temporary Assistance for
12Needy Families programs identified in division (A) (4) of section
135101.80 of the Revised Code.
14(3) "WIC" means the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
15for Women, Infants, and Children established under Section 17 of
16the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 42 U.S.C 1786.
17(B) Contingent upon a lapse in federal funding, the
18Director of Job and Family Services shall certify to the
19Director of Budget and Management the amount necessary to
20continue to fund the SNAP and TANF programs, and the Director of
21Health shall certify the amount necessary to continue to fund
22the WIC program. The amount shall be equivalent to the amount
23that otherwise would have been received for the respective
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25(C) Subject to division (B) of this section, there is
26hereby appropriated from the Budget Stabilization Fund the
27amount necessary, up to the balance in the Budget Stabilization
28Fund, to continue to fund the SNAP, TANF, and WIC programs.
29Authorization of this funding expires when the federal
30government resumes funding operations.
31Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of
32Budget and Management shall establish accounts indicating the
33source and amount of funds for the appropriations made in this
34act, and shall determine the manner in which appropriation
35accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from the
36appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as
37though made in, and are subject to all applicable provisions of,
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39(D) The Director of Job and Family Services shall certify
40to the Director of Budget and Management the amount received in
41federal reimbursement for the SNAP and TANF programs after the
42lapse in federal funding has ended, and the Director of Health
43shall certify the amount received in federal reimbursement for
44the WIC program after the lapse in federal funding has ended.
45The Director of Budget and Management shall transfer those
46certified amounts from the appropriate fund to the Budget
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Section 2. Section 1 of this act is exempt from the
48referendum under Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and
49section 1.471 of the Revised Code and takes effect immediately
50when this act becomes law.
H. B. No. 502
As Introduced