The West Virginia Senate on February 23, 2024, passed Senate Bill 562, which aims to raise the age of able-bodied adults without dependents who must meet work requirements to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the state.
Current federal requirements mandate that able-bodied adults without dependents are required to work if they are between the ages of 18 and 52. SB 562 would increase the age to 59 for able-bodied adults without dependents in West Virginia to meet SNAP work requirements, with certain exceptions.
State Senator Rollan Roberts (R), a lead sponsor of the bill, referred to the bill as a “compassionately structured, three-year plan to gradually wean able-bodied adults without dependent children off of SNAP benefits.”
