Some 98,000 Ohioans stand to be cut off from food benefits by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, in an estimate by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP); Mike Turner supplied a vote its House version could not pass without on May 22, 2025, and on July 3, 2025 he was a yes on the final law.
Turner's vote also decided the February 2025 budget resolution, which demanded at least $230 billion in savings from Agriculture, the SNAP committee, and the law that followed hands Ohio a larger share of SNAP's administrative bill now and, from October 2027, part of the benefits themselves.
Mike Turner's Votes on SNAP and Food Assistance
- Ohio Families Lose Groceries in the Deepest SNAP Cut on Record, Which Turner Voted For Twice. On May 22, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's first House vote came out 215 to 214, with Turner's yes deciding it; on July 3, 2025 the final law cleared 218 to 214, Turner again in favor. "The megabill cuts SNAP by $187 billion or about 20 percent by 2034," the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found, calling it the largest cut to SNAP in history. The time limit now extends to adults 55 through 64 and to parents once their youngest turns 14, while veterans, homeless people and former foster youth lost the exemptions they had, and the Congressional Budget Office expects the stricter rules to "reduce participation in SNAP by roughly 2.4 million people in an average month."
- Turner's Deciding February 2025 Vote Set a $230 Billion SNAP-Committee Target, and the July Law He Voted For Shifts SNAP Costs to Ohio. Turner was one of 217 yes votes when H.Con.Res. 14 beat 215 no votes on February 25, 2025; had he alone switched, the House would have tied and the resolution would have died. The resolution directed Agriculture, the committee with authority over SNAP, to "reduce the deficit by not less than $230,000,000,000". Turner later voted for the rules that set up House debate on H.R. 1 in May and July 2025. Under the law Turner voted for on July 3, 2025, Washington's share of the cost of running SNAP drops from half to 25 percent starting in fiscal year 2027, and from fiscal year 2028 states with higher payment error rates pay part of benefits for the first time; at Ohio's fiscal 2025 error rate of 6.76%, CBPP estimates the state would owe 5% of benefits in fiscal 2028, about $150 million.
What Mike Turner's SNAP Votes Cost Ohio Families and Ohio Counties
- 98,000 Ohioans are expected to lose food benefits under the law. About 1.4 million Ohioans get food assistance, according to the state's Job and Family Services department, and CBPP estimates that 98,000 of them will be cut off under the law, Spectrum News reported. For each of those households, money for groceries disappears from the monthly budget.
- In June 2025, CBPP counted 63,000 Ohioans, older workers and parents of teens, at risk of losing SNAP. Looking at the Senate Agriculture Committee's June 2025 proposal to expand the three-month time limit in the same two ways the final law later did, CBPP estimated that in an average month 42,000 Ohioans between 55 and 64 with no children or disability, along with 21,000 adults whose youngest child is at least 14, could lose SNAP. Unless they document 80 hours of work or training a month, their food aid stops after three months.
- Ohio's treasury would owe roughly $150 million for SNAP benefits in fiscal 2028. In fiscal year 2028, which starts in October 2027, Ohio is expected to owe about $150 million toward SNAP benefits, CBPP estimates from Ohio's 6.76% error rate in fiscal 2025. That money must come out of the same state budget that funds schools, Medicaid and county services, or Ohio has to tighten SNAP itself.
Frequently Asked Questions About Mike Turner on Food Assistance
What is Mike Turner's record on food assistance under Trump?
Mike Turner's votes decided both the 2025 budget resolution, with its $230 billion SNAP-committee target, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's first House passage; he then voted for the final law, the biggest SNAP cut ever by CBPP's measure. About 98,000 Ohioans are expected to lose food benefits under it, and Ohio will owe part of SNAP benefits starting in October 2027.
Are Ohio counties stuck with SNAP costs after Mike Turner's vote?
They could. Under the law Mike Turner voted for, Ohio loses $416 million in federal SNAP funding over ten years, $98 million of it for administration, Spectrum News reported, and because counties run SNAP in Ohio, they could be left to cover the administrative share. The federal share of administrative costs fell to 25 percent with fiscal year 2027, which began October 1, 2026.
Who lost the SNAP exemption under the law Mike Turner voted for?
Veterans, homeless adults and young people who aged out of foster care lost their exemption from SNAP's three-month time limit under the law Mike Turner voted for, a change the Congressional Budget Office says will shrink SNAP rolls in those groups by a net 300,000 people. Parents now stay exempt only while responsible for a child under 14.
Last updated: 2026-10-27