As of July 29, 2025, how many states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to block USDA"s May 6, 2025 directive requiring states to share five years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients" personal data?

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As of July 29, 2025, how many states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to block USDA"s May 6, 2025 directive requiring states to share five years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients" personal data?

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On July 29, 2025, attorneys general from 20 mostly Democratic-led states— including California, New York, Michigan, Illinois and New Jersey—and the District of Columbia filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (State of California v. USDA, No. 3:25-cv-06310 (N.D. Cal., filed July 28, 2025)) challenging Secretary Brooke Rollins" May 6, 2025 directive under Executive Order 14243 (March 20, 2025) that requires states to turn over five years of SNAP participants" names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, Electronic Benefits Transfer transaction logs and immigration status. The suit argues this unprecedented demand exceeds USDA"s authority under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. §2011 et seq.), violates the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. §552a) by collecting personally identifiable information without a prior System of Records Notice, and infringes the Spending Clause (Art. I, §9) by threatening to withhold administrative grants, jeopardizing assistance for more than 42 million Americans (,,, ).

As of July 29, 2025, how many states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to block USDA"s May 6, 2025 directive requiring states to share five years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients" personal data?

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