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H1071 • 2025

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1.

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Lopez, Johnson-Hostler, Cohn, Jeffers, Ager, Alston, Baker, Ball, Belk, G. Brown, K. Brown, Buansi, Budd, Butler, Carney, Cervania, Clark, Cook, Crawford, Dahle, Greenfield, Harrison, Helfrich, A. Jones, Liu, Lofton, Logan, Longest, Majeed, Morey, G. Pierce, R. Pierce, Pittman, Prather, Price, Quick, Roberson, Rubin, von Haefen
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1.

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R.

What This Bill Does

  • SNAP Funding in Response to H.R.
  • 1.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-29 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2026-04-29 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2026-04-28 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1071

Short Title: SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Lopez, Johnson-Hostler, Cohn, and Jeffers (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 29, 2026
*H1071-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2
SERVICES AND COUNTIE S TO COVER THE LOSS OF FEDERAL RECEIPTS FOR 3
THE ADMINISTRATIVE C OSTS OF THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 4
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP), AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC LAW 119-21. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 7
Health and Human Services, Division of Central Management and Support, the sum of sixteen 8
million dollars ($16,000,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026 -2027 fiscal year. These 9
funds shall be used to cover the loss in federal receipts for the administrative costs of the federal 10
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as a result of Public Law 119 -21. The 11
Department may allocate a portion of these appropriated funds to any d ivision within the 12
Department that incurs a loss of federal receipts for the administrative costs of SNAP as a result 13
of Public Law 119-21. The Department shall only spend the portion of these appropriated funds 14
up to the actual amount of lost federal receipts. 15
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 16
Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, the sum of sixty -nine million dollars 17
($69,000,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026 -2027 fiscal year to cove r the loss of 18
federal receipts for the administrative costs of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 19
Program (SNAP), as a result of Public Law 119 -21. The Division of Social Services shall 20
distribute these funds to counties proportional to each cou nty's loss of federal receipts. The 21
Division of Social Services shall only spend the portion of these appropriated funds up to the 22
actual amount of lost federal receipts. 23
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 24