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Senate votes to keep SNAP gross‑income limit at 165% of poverty, averting cut for thousands
Summary
Lawmakers advanced LB192 to preserve Nebraska's current supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) gross‑income threshold at 165% of the federal poverty level, removing a sunset that would have reduced eligibility to 135% and affected an estimated 10,000 Nebraskans.
The Legislature advanced LB192, a bill to remove the sunset provision that would have reduced SNAP eligibility by lowering the gross‑income limit from 165% of the federal poverty level back to 135%.
Sponsor Senator Megan Quick said the change is needed to avoid pushing about 10,000 Nebraskans off food assistance and to blunt the so‑called SNAP…
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