A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to provide recipient-level data to the Secretary of Agriculture upon request.

Sponsor: Rick Scott (Republican-FL)February 12, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

States would be required to share SNAP recipient data with the federal government.

This bill would require states to give the Secretary of Agriculture detailed information about people who receive food assistance (SNAP) when asked. If states don't share this data, they could lose federal funding for the program. This change aims to improve oversight but means more personal data would be shared with federal and state agencies.

What Would Change

Today, states are not explicitly required to provide detailed SNAP recipient data to the Secretary of Agriculture as a condition of participating in the program. After this bill, states would be required to share this data upon request, and the Secretary could withhold federal funds if they don't comply.

Key Provisions

Requires states to share detailed information about SNAP recipients with the Secretary of Agriculture when asked.
Lets the Secretary of Agriculture stop or reduce federal funding for states that do not share the requested data.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to protect shared data under federal privacy laws.
Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to share this data with federal and state law enforcement agencies.
Requires states to provide the data within 30 days, or sooner if the Secretary sets an urgent deadline.

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A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to provide recipient-level data to the Secretary of Agriculture upon request.

What Would Change

Key Provisions

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