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Senate File 849: Committee hears testimony on $1 million SNAP outreach funding, amendment adopted and bill laid over
Summary
Senate File 849 would appropriate $1 million this biennium for SNAP outreach statewide to prevent a funding cliff; the committee adopted an author's A1 amendment and laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
Senate File 849, offered to the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 19, would appropriate $1,000,000 this biennium (split in the bill as two line items) to continue the state's SNAP outreach program and avoid an anticipated funding ‘‘cliff’’ in fiscal 2026–27.
Sponsor and procedural: Senator Mae Quaid presented the bill and an A1 author's amendment that the committee adopted by voice vote. The bill was then laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus package.
Nut graf: Testimony from food-bank and food-shelf providers, and from the Minnesota Grocers Association, centered on the outreach…
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