Senate Republicans’ latest version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes notable tweaks to the party’s proposals to reduce federal spending for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the coming years — after recent pushback from Alaska Republicans.

The bill would still require some states to cover a share of the cost of SNAP benefits, which are currently completely funded by the federal government, if they have a payment error rate above 6 percent beginning in fiscal 2028.

But the updated text also sharpens the proposal even further when it comes to which year’s error rates can be used to help determine the share a state could have to pay under the plan.

The plan explicitly allows states to choose between using data from fiscal years 2025 or 2026 to calculate the states’ match for fiscal 2028. In fiscal 2029 and beyond, the match will be calculated based on the error rate from three fiscal years before.

However, the new bill........

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