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Ohio Senate tables proposal to use rainy‑day fund to backfill SNAP benefits, then passes budget‑corrections bill with emergency clause
Summary
The Ohio Senate debated and ultimately tabled an amendment that would have allowed the state to use its Budget Stabilization Fund to temporarily fund SNAP, WIC and TANF during a federal lapse before approving Substitute House Bill 4 34 as an emergency measure.
Senators debated an amendment to Substitute House Bill 4 34 that would have authorized the use of Ohio’s Budget Stabilization Fund (the “rainy‑day” fund) to temporarily fund SNAP, WIC and TANF benefits during a lapse in federal funding and seek reimbursement after the federal government reopened.
Senator Nick Smith offered the amendment, saying the pause in SNAP funding would affect “more than 1,500,000 Ohioans” and that the rainy‑day fund — which he cited as nearly $4,000,000,000 — could be used to avert immediate harm to children,…
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