As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. R. No. 29
2025-2026
Senator Schaffer
Cosponsors: Senators Blackshear, Smith, Craig
A R E S O L U T I O N
To urge Congress to resume restoring stolen SNAP benefits
and implement anti-fraud measures in the SNAP program.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
WHEREAS, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
fraud costs the State of Ohio millions of dollars each year; and
WHEREAS, A common type of benefits theft is known as
"skimming," where a fraudulent device is placed over a point-of-
sale card reader to identify and record payment card
information; and
WHEREAS, On January 17, 2025, the Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services issued a recommendation to Ohio citizens who
receive SNAP benefits to be alert for benefits theft,
specifically in the form of card skimming; and
WHEREAS, Current SNAP benefits are accessed by households
through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, which do not
have a security chip to prevent theft like card skimming; and
WHEREAS, Congress previously has temporarily provided
funding for states to restore stolen SNAP benefits. In December
2022, Congress passed a law to protect and replace SNAP benefits
that were stolen through card skimming, card cloning, and other
similar methods, requiring states to replace benefits stolen by
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those means between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, "The Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act,
2025," Pub. L. No. 118-83, extended the time period for the
replacement of those benefits to December 20, 2024; and
WHEREAS, According to the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, under those federal acts, states replaced to more
than 315,000 households over $150 million in SNAP benefits
stolen between January 2023 and September 2024; and
WHEREAS, According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family
Services, the State of Ohio replaced more than $12.6 million in
stolen SNAP benefits using federal money pursuant to those Acts;
and
WHEREAS, Congress has not enacted legislation to extend the
requirement to replace stolen benefits past December 20, 2024;
now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 136th
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Congress of the
United States to resume restoration of stolen SNAP EBT benefits
and implement and fund increases in anti-fraud measures under
the SNAP program, such as replacing current EBT cards with
security chip cards; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker
and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the
members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media
of Ohio.
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