HB 4101
DES; SNAP; waiver; prepared foods
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Bill overview
This bill seeks to allow Arizona Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to purchase hot and prepared foods. Currently, SNAP benefits are typically restricted to shelf-stable items. The bill would require the Department of Economic Security to apply for a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to enable this purchase option. If the waiver is not initially approved, the department must continue to apply annually until it is granted.
Key provisions
- Requests a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Allows SNAP enrollees to purchase hot foods.
- Allows SNAP enrollees to purchase prepared foods.
- Defines ‘hot foods’ as food sold hot at the point of sale.
- Defines ‘prepared foods’ as food products requiring no additional preparation before consumption.
Who is affected
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients
- The Department of Economic Security
- Retailers selling hot and prepared foods
Notable changes
- Expands the types of food SNAP recipients can purchase beyond shelf-stable items.
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| REFERENCE TITLE: DES; SNAP; waiver; prepared foods |
| State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 |
| HB 4101 |
| Introduced by Representative Stahl Hamilton |
AN ACT
amending title 46, chapter 2, article 2, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 46-232; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 46, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 46-232, to read:
START_STATUTE46-232. Department of economic security; supplemental nutrition assistance program; waiver; definitions
A. The director of the department of economic security shall request a waiver from the united states department of agriculture to allow supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollees to purchase hot foods and prepared foods. If the waiver is granted, the director shall allow supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollees to purchase hot foods and prepared foods.� If the waiver is not granted, the director shall request a waiver annually until the waiver is granted.
B. For the purposes of this section:
1. "hot foods" means food products that are sold hot at the point of sale.
2. "Prepared foods" means food products that are made by a retailer and that require no additional preparation before immediate consumption. END_STATUTE