Texas to Face $700 Million in Federal Penalties for SNAP Errors Through 2027

Internal estimates for fiscal year 2025 reveal that nearly $1 out of every $11 issued via SNAP in Texas was paid in error.

A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a bakery as a woman walks past in Chicago on Nov. 2, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo

Texas is expected to pay $708 million more by 2027 to the federal government in penalties for erroneous distributions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The state officials released the cost in a presentation to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on April 8.