{"id":226173,"date":"2026-03-21T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:50:08","slug":"ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Lawmakers Aim to Bolster SNAP Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/us\/oh\/columbus\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/\">Ohio Lawmakers Aim to Bolster SNAP Cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/us\/oh\/columbus\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/\">https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/us\/oh\/columbus\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-21 17:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"nationaltoday.com\">nationaltoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"submission-link-wrapper\"><span><span>Got story updates?<\/span> Submit your updates here. \u203a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ohio legislators are working to enhance the cybersecurity of the state&#8217;s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by transitioning from magnetic strip EBT cards to more secure chip-enabled cards. Senate Bill 315 and House Bill 163 both aim to address the growing problem of &#8216;skimming&#8217; devices that can steal SNAP recipients&#8217; card data, with the goal of reducing fraud and protecting vulnerable Ohioans.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters<\/h2>\n<p>SNAP is a critical food assistance program relied upon by millions of low-income Ohioans. The proposed legislation seeks to modernize the program&#8217;s technology and improve its security, which could help prevent fraud, protect beneficiaries, and ensure taxpayer funds are used as intended.<\/p>\n<h2>The details<\/h2>\n<p>The bills would require Ohio to replace the current magnetic strip SNAP cards with chip-enabled cards, which are more resistant to skimming devices used by criminals to steal card data. The transition is expected to &#8216;eliminate most of the SNAP fraud problem overnight,&#8217; according to Rep. Tristan Rader. The legislation would also make it easier for SNAP recipients to report suspected fraud to the state. Funding of around $10.6 million is proposed to cover the card replacement costs, with a deadline to act before federal assistance ends later this year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ohio Legislature is currently considering Senate Bill 315 and House Bill 163 to address SNAP cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<li>The federal government is providing funding to help states transition to more secure SNAP cards, but that assistance is set to expire later in 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The players<\/h2>\n<h3>Tim Schaffer<\/h3>\n<p>Republican state senator from Lancaster who has introduced Senate Bill 315.<\/p>\n<h3>Hearcel Craig<\/h3>\n<p>Democratic state senator from Columbus who has co-sponsored Senate Bill 315.<\/p>\n<h3>Tristan Rader<\/h3>\n<p>Democratic state representative from Lakewood who is sponsoring House Bill 163.<\/p>\n<h3>Kellie Deeter<\/h3>\n<p>Republican state representative&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/us\/oh\/columbus\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Lawmakers Aim to Bolster SNAP Cybersecurity https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/us\/oh\/columbus\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/ohio-lawmakers-aim-to-bolster-snap-cybersecurity\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-21 17:26:00 Source Domain: nationaltoday.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/not-wordpress\/categories\/politics_legislative-policy.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-226173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226175,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226173\/revisions\/226175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}