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House panel debates DCF budget, rejects $12.1 million SNAP add and approves voter-registration proviso
Summary
The House appropriations subcommittee debated whether to restore $12.1 million to cover increased state SNAP administrative costs and narrowly rejected the request; the panel separately approved a proviso to prohibit agencies from mailing voter-registration packets unless an applicant affirmatively requests one after an inspector-general finding of unsolicited mailings.
Lawmakers on the House appropriations panel on Thursday debated multiple adjustments to the Department for Children and Families (DCF) budget, voting down a motion to add $12.1 million to cover an increased state share of SNAP administration but approving a separate proviso to stop unsolicited voter-registration mailings.
The failed motion, offered by Representative Henry Helgerson, sought to restore $12.1 million he said would follow a federal change that shifts more SNAP administrative costs to the state (from roughly a 50/50 to a 75/25 state/federal split). "My objective is that we follow ... the formula and continue in the matching rate," Helgerson said when offering the amendment. Supporters argued the funding would help maintain…
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