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SF3952 • 2026
SNAP income and asset requirements modification
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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Introduction and first reading
SNAP income and asset requirements modification
A bill for an act relating to children and families; modifying SNAP income and asset requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142F.101, is amended to read: 142F.101 new text begin INCOME AND new text end ASSET LIMITATIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSEHOLDS. new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Income limits. new text end deleted text begin All deleted text end new text begin The county or Tribal agency must determine each new text end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) deleted text begin households must be determined deleted text end new text begin household new text end eligible for the benefit discussed under section 256.029 . new text begin Each new text end SNAP deleted text begin households deleted text end new text begin household new text end must demonstrate that deleted text begin their deleted text end new text begin its net income meets federal SNAP requirements and its new text end gross income is equal to or less than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for the same family size. new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset limits. new text end new text begin Each SNAP household must demonstrate that it meets the personal property limitations under section 256P.02, except that a vehicle with a trade-in value equal to or greater than $100,000 is not excluded under section 256P.02, subdivision 3, and must be applied to the personal property limitations under section 256P.02, subdivision 2. new text end