As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 178
2025-2026
Representatives Troy, Williams
Cosponsors: Representatives Abdullahi, Brennan, Brent, Brewer, Brownlee,
Denson, Grim, Jarrells, Lett, Miller, J., Mohamed, Piccolantonio, Rader, Russo,
Sigrist, Sweeney, Synenberg, Upchurch, White, E.
A B I L L
To enact section 5101.546 of the Revised Code to
establish a supplemental benefit allotment for
certain recipients of supplemental nutrition
assistance program benefits and to make an
appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5101.546 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 5101.546. (A) The department of job and family
services shall provide a supplemental benefit allotment to
households participating in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program in accordance with this section.
(B) To be eligible to receive a supplemental benefit
allotment under this section, a participating household shall
meet both of the following requirements:
(1) Include an individual who is sixty years of age or
older;
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(2) Receive a monthly supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefit allotment that is less than fifty dollars.
(C) The department shall provide eligible households with
a supplemental benefit allotment in an amount that equals the
amount necessary to provide the household with a total monthly
benefit amount of fifty dollars.
Section 2. All items in this act are hereby appropriated
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the
credit of the designated fund. For all operating appropriations
made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year
2026 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2027.
The operating appropriations made in this act are in addition to
any other operating appropriations made for these fiscal years.
Section 3.
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A JFS DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES
B General Revenue Fund
C GRF600564 SNAP State Supplement $12,495,000 $21,415,000
D TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $12,495,000 $21,415,000
E TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $12,495,000 $21,415,000
SNAP STATE SUPPLEMENTAL
The foregoing appropriation item 600564, SNAP State
Supplement, shall be used to provide a supplemental benefit
allotment for eligible households participating in the
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in accordance with
section 5101.546 of the Revised Code.
Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation
made in this act, and shall determine the manner in which
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from
operating appropriations contained in this act shall be
accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act
of the 136th General Assembly.
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