Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced
Summary
Blocks budget reconciliation from cutting Medicaid or SNAP benefits. It would make it out of order in either chamber to consider any reconciliation bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that reduces enrollment or benefits for individuals in Medicaid under Title XIX or reduces eligibility or benefits for households in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program until Jan. 20, 2029.
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- Families receiving SNAP would be protected from eligibility or benefit reductions made through reconciliation for the duration of the rule, until Jan. 20, 2029.
- People enrolled in Medicaid under Title XIX would be shielded from reconciliation-driven cuts to enrollment or benefits during the same period.
- Lawmakers would face a new temporary point of order in the Congressional Budget Act that bars reconciliation measures targeting these programs and adds a conforming change to extend the related enforcement rule until Jan. 20, 2029.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Block budget cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
This bill would stop Congress from using budget reconciliation to cut Medicaid or SNAP. It would block any reconciliation bill, amendment, or conference report that reduces enrollment, eligibility, or benefits in these programs. It would also add a rule in Congress to enforce this block. If enacted, this protection would start right away and end on January 20, 2029. It would apply only to budget reconciliation measures.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Cosponsors
Pallone
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Costa
CA • D
Sponsored 4/14/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 4/14/2025
Scott (VA)
VA • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
CT • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
WA • D
Sponsored 5/13/2025
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/14/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
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