A 3578 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund

This bill establishes a compensation program for SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and cash assistance recipients who had their benefits stolen or defrauded. It creates a dedicated $1.5 million fund (funded by a one-time appropriation from the general fund) to pay eligible individuals after fraud is verified by state agencies. The program requires an application process available in English and the ten most common non-English languages spoken in New York State.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Last action Apr 14, 2026

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A3578 → A3578A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add several new sponsors and to update its procedural status, reflecting that it has been reviewed and amended by the Committee on Social Services. Additionally, the specific section number in the State Finance Law was changed from '99-ss' to '99-uu', likely to avoid conflicts with other legislation.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's policy (establishing a fraud victims compensation fund) remains unchanged, but the list of sponsoring legislators was expanded, and the bill's procedural history was updated.

TECHNICAL

The bill's title was updated to include the amendment suffix '--A' to indicate it is a revised version.

The bill's procedural status was updated to show it was discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted.

The section number in the State Finance Law was changed from '99-ss' to '99-uu'.

SCOPE

Seven new legislators (Colton, Tapia, Lupardo, Novak-Hov, Yeger, Raga, Simone, Lunsford, O'Pharrow, Levenberg) were added to the list of sponsors.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3578A

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

lower

1 primary · 28 co-sponsors