S 8347 — Establishes the "SNAP for students act"
Congress · introduced 2025-06-04
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.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — sponsor · 2025-06-04
- Jabari Brisport (—, NY-25) — cosponsor · 2025-06-04
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — cosponsor · 2025-06-04
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-06-04
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-06-04
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Text versions
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Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-04 | Robert Jackson | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-06-04 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-06-04 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-06-04 | Jabari Brisport | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-06-04 | Patricia Fahy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-06-04 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-06-04 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-06-04 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-06-04 · sponsored by Robert Jackson (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-06-04 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship