Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB163: Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2025
Status: In committee, June 10, 2026
To amend sections 5101.54 and 5101.542 and to enact section 5101.5411 of the Revised Code to require Ohio's SNAP program to begin using chip-enabled EBT cards, to name this act the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2026, and to make an appropriation.
What the bill says
To amend sections 5101.54 and 5101.542 and to enact section 5101.5411 of the Revised Code to require Ohio's SNAP program to begin using chip-enabled EBT cards, to name this act the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2026, and to make an appropriation.
From the amended text, June 3, 2026:
To amend sections 5101.54 and 5101.542 and to enact section 5101.5411 of the Revised Code to require Ohio's SNAP program to begin using chip-enabled EBT cards, to name this act the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2026, and to make an appropriation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 5101.54 and 5101.542 be amended and section 5101.5411 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 5101.54. (A) The director of job and family services shall administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program in accordance with the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). The department of job and family services may: (1) Prepare and submit to the secretary of the United States department of agriculture a plan for the administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program; (2) Prescribe forms for applications, certificates, reports, records, and accounts of county departments of job and family services, and other matters; (3) Require such reports and information from each county department of job and family services as may be necessary and advisable; (4) Administer and expend any sums appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of the supplemental nutrition assistance program and all sums paid to the state by the United States as authorized by the Food …
Sponsors
- Tristan Rader (D, 13) · primary sponsor
- Kellie Deeter (R, 54) · primary sponsor
- Munira Abdullahi (D, 9)
- Rachel Baker (D, 27)
- Adam Bird (R, 63)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Juanita Brent (D, 18)
- Darnell Brewer (D, 22)
- Karen Brownlee (D, 28)
- Thaddeus Claggett (R, 68)
- Gary Click (R, 88)
- Christine Cockley (D, 6)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported - Amended
- : Reported - Re-referred to Finance
- : Reported - Amended - Re-referred to Rules and Reference
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Votes
- Passed (June 3, 2026): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (June 3, 2026): 30 yea, 0 nay, failed
- Re-referred (May 27, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, failed
- Re-referred (May 20, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Health and Human Services, Public Assistance
Common questions
- What is HB163?
- HB163 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2025.
- What does HB163 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 5101.54 and 5101.542 and to enact section 5101.5411 of the Revised Code to require Ohio's SNAP program to begin using chip-enabled EBT cards, to name this act the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2026, and to make an appropriation.
- What is the status of HB163?
- In committee as of June 10, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (June 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB163?
- Tristan Rader (D, 13), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB163?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb163
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