Update SNAP ABAWD work requirements for HR1 (P.L. 119-21) with missing exemptions and CA delay

changelog_entry.yaml

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+- bump: minor
+  changes:
+    added:
+      - Added non-age work registration exemptions for SNAP ABAWD (student, UI recipient, child under 6) per 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(D).
+      - Added is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect variable to centralize state-level HR1 adoption routing.
+    changed:
+      - Refactored SNAP ABAWD work requirements to absorb California pre-HR1 delay logic, eliminating duplicate CA variable.
+      - Updated federal SNAP ABAWD parameter effective dates to 2025-07-04 per Public Law 119-21 enactment date.
+      - Backdated ABAWD age exemption parameters to 1997-03-01 (PRWORA effective date) and added FRA 2023 phase-in history (50→51→53→55).
+      - Removed blanket HI/AK ABAWD exemption from formula; both states are implementing ABAWD. Preferential waiver authority documented in parameter file.
+    removed:
+      - Removed ca_meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements (functionality merged into federal variable).

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ca/cdss/snap/work_requirements/abawd/hr1_in_effect.yaml

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+description: California implements the HR1 changes to Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when this is true.
+
+values:
+  0000-01-01: false
+  2026-06-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: California CalFresh HR1 ABAWD implementation status
+  reference:
+    - title: California All County Letter No. 25-93
+      href: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Letters-and-Notices/ACLs/2025/25-93.pdf#page=3
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/age_threshold/dependent.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 description: The Department of Agriculture considers individuals who do not have any dependents under this age to be Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
 values:
-  2019-01-01: 18
-  2027-01-01: 14
+  1997-03-01: 18
+  2025-07-04: 14
 
 metadata:
   unit: year
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ metadata:
       href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.1#b_iii
     - title: SNAP Work Requirements
       href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/work-requirements
-    - title: H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
-      href: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text  
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3) - ABAWD Time Limit Exceptions
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#o_3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/age_threshold/exempted.yaml

@@ -10,19 +10,26 @@ metadata:
       href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.24#c_1
     - title: SNAP Work Requirements
       href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/work-requirements
-    - title: H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
-      href: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text
+    - title: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Section 311 - ABAWD Age Phase-In
+      href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/provisions-fiscal-responsibility-act-2023
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3) - ABAWD Time Limit Exceptions
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#o_3
 brackets:
   - threshold:
-      2019-01-01: 0
-    amount: 
-      2019-01-01: true
-  - threshold: 
-      2019-01-01: 18
-    amount: 
-      2019-01-01: false
-  - threshold: 
-      2019-01-01: 55
-      2027-01-01: 65
-    amount: 
-      2019-01-01: true
+      1997-03-01: 0
+    amount:
+      1997-03-01: true
+  - threshold:
+      1997-03-01: 18
+    amount:
+      1997-03-01: false
+  - threshold:
+      1997-03-01: 50
+      2023-09-01: 51
+      2023-10-01: 53
+      2024-10-01: 55
+      2025-07-04: 65
+    amount:
+      1997-03-01: true

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/exempt_states.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-description: The Department of Agriculture exempts the Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) work requirements for these states under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
+# P.L. 119-21 gives HI and AK preferential waiver authority
+# (150% unemployment threshold, good-faith exemptions through 2028-12-31)
+# per 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)(A)(ii) and 2015(o)(7). However, both states
+# chose to implement ABAWD effective 2025-11-01. AK also has borough-level
+# waivers for high-unemployment areas. This parameter is not consumed by
+# any formula; HI/AK delayed adoption is handled in a follow-up PR via
+# state-level hr1_in_effect parameters.
+description: The Department of Agriculture grants these noncontiguous states preferential waiver authority for Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
 
 values:
   2018-01-01:
     []
-  2027-01-01:
+  2025-07-04:
     - HI
     - AK
 
@@ -12,5 +19,9 @@ metadata:
   period: year
   unit: list
   reference:
-    - title: H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
-      href: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3) - ABAWD Time Limit Exceptions
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#o_3
+    - title: USDA FNS ABAWD Waivers Implementation Memorandum (October 3, 2025)
+      href: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/OBBB-Implementation%20Memo-ABAWD-Waivers.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/in_effect.yaml

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ description: The Department of Agriculture removes the exemption from Able-Bodie
 
 values:
   0000-01-01: false
-  2027-01-01: true
+  2025-07-04: true
 
 metadata:
   unit: bool
   period: year
   label: SNAP ABAWD work requirement exemption removed for homeless or veterans
   reference:
-    - title: H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
-      href: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3) - ABAWD Time Limit Exceptions
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#o_3

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect.yaml

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+# Federal HR1 effective date: 2025-07-01
+# CA delays to 2026-06-01 per ACL 25-93
+
+- name: Case 1, non-CA after federal effective date.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    state_code: TX
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+
+- name: Case 2, non-CA before federal effective date.
+  period: 2024-01
+  input:
+    state_code: TX
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
+
+- name: Case 3, CA before state adoption date.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    state_code: CA
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
+
+- name: Case 4, CA after state adoption date.
+  period: 2027-01
+  input:
+    state_code: CA
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age.yaml

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+# 7 CFR 273.7(b)(1) — Non-age work registration exemptions
+# These feed into ABAWD exemption (D) via 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(D).
+
+# --- (ii) Physically or mentally unfit for employment ---
+
+- name: Case 1, disabled person is work-registration-exempt.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    is_disabled: true
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: true
+
+# --- (iv) Responsible for care of dependent child under 6 ---
+
+- name: Case 2, caregiver of dependent child age 5 is exempt.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    people:
+      person1:
+        age: 30
+        is_disabled: false
+      person2:
+        age: 5
+        is_tax_unit_dependent: true
+    spm_units:
+      spm_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+    tax_units:
+      tax_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+    households:
+      household:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: [true, true]
+
+- name: Case 3, child exactly age 6 does NOT trigger under-6 exemption.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    people:
+      person1:
+        age: 30
+        is_disabled: false
+      person2:
+        age: 6
+        is_tax_unit_dependent: true
+    spm_units:
+      spm_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+    tax_units:
+      tax_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+    households:
+      household:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: [false, false]
+
+# --- (iv) Responsible for care of incapacitated person ---
+
+- name: Case 4, caregiver of incapacitated person is exempt.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    people:
+      person1:
+        age: 30
+        is_disabled: false
+      person2:
+        is_incapable_of_self_care: true
+    spm_units:
+      spm_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+    tax_units:
+      tax_unit:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+    households:
+      household:
+        members: [person1, person2]
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: [true, true]
+
+# --- (v) Receiving unemployment compensation ---
+
+- name: Case 5, UI recipient is exempt.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    is_disabled: false
+    unemployment_compensation: 12_000
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: true
+
+- name: Case 6, zero UI does not trigger exemption.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    is_disabled: false
+    unemployment_compensation: 0
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: false
+
+# --- (viii) Enrolled at least half-time in school/training/higher ed ---
+
+- name: Case 7, full-time college student is exempt.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    is_full_time_college_student: true
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: true
+
+- name: Case 8, part-time college student is exempt.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    is_part_time_college_student: true
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: true
+
+# --- Non-exempt baseline ---
+
+- name: Case 9, able-bodied adult with no exempting conditions.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    is_disabled: false
+    unemployment_compensation: 0
+    is_full_time_college_student: false
+    is_part_time_college_student: false
+  output:
+    is_snap_work_registration_exempt_non_age: false