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This may affect job stability in roles tied to SNAP funding and operations.
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SB 603 — relative to the funding of the SNAP program by the department of health and human services.
Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 186-158 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 26
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced November 25, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
ModerateHow often bills like it became law.
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Passed Senate
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 1 recorded vote so far.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
In plain language
This bill allows fund transfers to support SNAP if federal funding decreases.
The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to shift funds as needed to offset any cuts in federal SNAP funding. Any transfer of $100,000 or more requires approval from the fiscal committee and governor.
What this means for you
- Workers: This may affect job stability in roles tied to SNAP funding and operations.
Summary
relative to the funding of the SNAP program by the department of health and human services.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 186-158 05/07/2026 HJ 12
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Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1515h
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Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/27/2026 (Vote 13-11; RC) HC 18 P. 12
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Executive Session: 04/27/2026 01:00 pm GP 230
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Public Hearing: 04/13/2026 10:30 am GP 230
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Introduced (in recess of) 03/12/2026 and referred to Finance HJ 8 P. 114
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Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026; Vote 8-0; CC; SC 8
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Hearing: 01/20/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 1
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Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1
Sponsors
- Daryl Abbas · Primary
- Kevin Avard · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 413 not signed on · 149 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Daryl Abbas Republican
Co-sponsors (1)
- Kevin Avard Republican
Not signed on (413)
413 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 413 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 177 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| Democrat | 0 | 144 | 0 | 23 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 183 | 151 | 0 | 48 |
| % of votes cast | 48% | 40% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (382)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Susan C DeLemus | — | Yea |
| Thomas L Kaczynski | — | Yea |
| Kimberly A Rice | — | Not Voting |
| Lisa M Freeman | — | Yea |
| Paul P Dargie | — | Nay |
| Patrick N Long | — | Nay |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | — | Yea |
| Gary L. Daniels | — | Yea |
| Tom D Mannion | — | Yea |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alice Wade | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Nay |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Billie Butler | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Bobbi Boudman | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Dale Swanson | Democrat | Nay |
| Dan Bergeron | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Nay |
| Eileen Kelly | Democrat | Nay |
| Eleana Colby | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ellen Rockmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Erica de Vries | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Erin Kerwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Nay |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Gilmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Woods | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Nay |
| Gregory Sargent | Democrat | Nay |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James Gruber | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Newsom | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Nay |
| John Stone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Nay |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Nay |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Myles England | Democrat | Nay |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Nay |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Nay |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Nay |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Nay |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Nay |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Nay |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Toni Weinstein | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Tracy Bricchi | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Nay |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Yea |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Not Voting |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Not Voting |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Yea |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Not Voting |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Yea |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Yea |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Yea |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Yea |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Not Voting |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Not Voting |
| George Grant | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Yea |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Not Voting |
| Henry Giasson | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Flanagan | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Yea |
| James Guzofski | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Yea |
| James Summers | Republican | Not Voting |
| James Thibault | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Yea |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Yea |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| John Hunt | Republican | Yea |
| John Janigian | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Suiter | Republican | Yea |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Nay |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Not Voting |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Yea |
| Laurence Miner | Republican | Yea |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Franz | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Linda McGrath | Republican | Yea |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Marc Tremblay | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Yea |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Not Voting |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Yea |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Ricky Devoid | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Mattson | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Robley Hall | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Not Voting |
| Samuel Farrington | Republican | Yea |
| Sayra DeVito | Republican | Yea |
| Scott Bryer | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Yea |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Yea |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Yea |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Yea |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Yea |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Sly Karasinski | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Kesselring | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Yea |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Yea |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Nay |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 603 do?
- relative to the funding of the SNAP program by the department of health and human services.
- Who sponsors SB 603?
- SB 603 is sponsored by Daryl Abbas (Republican) and Kevin Avard (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 603?
- This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced November 25, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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