State administrators anticipate a $19 million budget shortfall next year for Nevada’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP or food stamps.

The shortfall is being created by the One Big Beautiful Bill and should be addressed by state lawmakers if a special session is held later this year, Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro said during an Interim Finance Committee meeting Wednesday.

Every month SNAP provides food assistance to around 505,000 Nevadans — 15.5% of the total population, according to Nevada Current .

Nevada’s Division of Social Services (formerly known as Division of Welfare and Social Services) appeared before the legislative committee on Wednesday to request approximately $244,000 to address a current budget shortfall created by a new f

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