Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025

This bill, called the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025, creates a simple rule: Congress can’t use its fast‑track budget process to pass any bill that cuts Medicaid or SNAP benefits, eligibility, or enrollment. If a fast‑track budget bill tries to make those cuts, lawmakers can block it using this rule in both the House and the Senate. The rule lasts until January 20, 2029.

What this means day to day: it makes it harder for Congress to quickly push through cuts to health coverage for low‑income families (Medicaid) or food help (SNAP). Any attempt to do that in a fast‑track budget bill could be stopped under this rule.

• Who is affected: People who get Medicaid or SNAP, and the communities and clinics, grocery stores, and local economies that rely on those programs.
• What changes: Fast‑track budget bills cannot reduce Medicaid enrollment or benefits, or SNAP eligibility or benefits; if they try, the rule can be used to stop them in Congress.
• When: The rule is in place through January 20, 2029.