New York A 8757: Establishes the "SNAP for students act"
Status: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.406 (as of 2026-06-03)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8757
Sponsors: Phara Souffrant Forrest, Jo Anne Simon, Claire Valdez, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Emily Gallagher, Angelo Santabarbara, Noah Burroughs, Rebecca Seawright, MaryJane Shimsky, Nikki Lucas, Robert C. Carroll, Karen McMahon, Linda Rosenthal, Larinda Hooks, Steven Otis, Dana Levenberg
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A08757 Summary: BILL NOA08757   SAME ASSAME AS S08347   SPONSORForrest   COSPNSRSimon, Valdez, Gonzalez-Rojas, Gallagher, Santabarbara, Burroughs, Seawright, Shimsky, Lucas, Carroll R, McMahon, Rosenthal, Hooks, Otis, Levenberg   MLTSPNSR   Add §95-b, Soc Serv L   Establishes the "SNAP for students act" requiring the office of temporary and disability assistance to create informational materials to provide information regarding student eligibility for SNAP benefits and to provide digital versions of such materials to institutions of higher education in the state; requires institutions of higher education to notify students of their potential eligibility for SNAP benefits. Go to top A08757 Actions: BILL NOA08757   06/02/2025referred to social services 01/07/2026referred to social services 05/27/2026reported referred to ways and means 06/03/2026reported referred to rules 06/03/2026reported 06/03/2026rules report cal.406 06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.406 Go to topA08757 Committee Votes: Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:12/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DavilaAyeMolitorNay SolagesAyeSimpsonNay EichensteinAyeMcDonoughExcused ReyesAyeFriendNay ForrestAyeBaileyNay Gonzalez-RojasAye De Los SantosAye RagaExcused BergerAye ValdezAye RomeroAye O'PharrowAye MorenoAye Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:22/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoNay GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay ColtonAyeHawleyNay CookExcusedBlankenbushNay BenedettoAyeWalshNay WeprinAyeDeStefanoNay RamosAyeManktelowNay BraunsteinAyeSmullenNay McDonaldAyeGiglioNay RozicAyeSlaterNay DinowitzAye MagnarelliAye BronsonAye DilanAbsent SeawrightAye HyndmanExcused WalkerAye Bichotte HermelAye SimonAye CruzAye OtisAye SolagesAye HunterAye SeptimoAye HevesiAye Committee:RULES Chair:Glick DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:21/8 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaNay PretlowAyeHawleyNay CookExcusedBlankenbushNay GlickAyeBrabenecNay DinowitzAyePalmesanoNay ColtonAyeReillyNay MagnarelliAyeSmithNay PaulinAyeJensenAye Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoNay BenedettoAye LavineAye LupardoAye BraunsteinAye DavilaAye HyndmanAye RozicAye BronsonAye HevesiAye HunterAye TaylorAye CruzAye VanelAye Go to topA08757 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA08757 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8757 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing infor- mation on the supplemental nutrition assistance program to students at institutions of higher education The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "SNAP for 2 students act". 3 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 95-b 4 to read as follows: 5 § 95-b. SNAP for students. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: 6 (a) "SNAP" means the supplemental nutrition assistance program as 7 defined in section 3(t) of the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 8 U.S.C. 2012 (t)). 9 (b) "Institution of higher education" means any institution of higher 10 education, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of 11 the state of New York or accredited by a nationally recognized accredit- 12 ing agency or association accepted as such by the regents of the univer- 13 sity of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading 14 to the granting of a post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma. 15 (c) "Student" means a person who is enrolled at least half-time in an 16 institution of higher education. The number of hours required to be 17 deemed as enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher educa- 18 tion enrollment shall be determined by the institution of higher educa- 19 tion in which such person is enrolled. 20 2. Creation of informational materials. (a) The office shall create 2
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