TX HB5461

Reduces SNAP benefits for parents convicted multiple times of parental truancy offenses (failing to require a child to attend school): 25% reduction after second conviction, 50% reduction after third conviction, and complete ineligibility after four or more convictions

Requires courts to provide a written warning to SNAP recipients upon their first truancy conviction, deferred adjudication, or deferred disposition, advising them of the consequences for subsequent convictions

Directs the Health and Human Services Commission executive commissioner to prescribe the form and contents of the required written warning

Allows state agencies to delay implementation if federal waiver or authorization is needed to comply with federal SNAP requirements

Applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025