SNAP benefits; purchases; waiver

Plain English Breakdown

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SNAP Benefits; Purchases; Waiver

This bill allows the Arizona Department of Economic Security to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to exclude fast food and include vitamins in SNAP benefits.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security to ask for permission (a waiver) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to change what can be bought with SNAP benefits.
• If allowed, the changes would mean people on SNAP cannot buy fast food but can buy vitamins.
• The director must keep asking each year until these changes are approved.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who receive SNAP benefits in Arizona
• Grocery stores and other businesses that accept SNAP payments

Terms To Know

SNAP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federal program that helps people buy food.

Waiver

An exception to the usual rules allowed by an authority like the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not say what will happen if the waiver is denied.
• It's unclear how many people on SNAP would be affected by these changes.

Official Summary Text

HB2107 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2107
: SNAP benefits; purchases; waiver

S/E:
appropriation; Douglas port of entry

Sponsor:
Representative Martinez, LD 16

Committee
on Rural Economic Development

Summary of the Strike-Everything
Amendment to HB 2107

Overview

Appropriates
$30,723,600 from the state General Fund (GF) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 to the
State Treasurer to distribute to the City of Douglas for the State match of the
Douglas port of entry.

History

The primary duties of the State Treasurer are to receive and
hold all monies belonging to Arizona that are not required to be kept by some
other person, to keep an account of all monies received and disbursed and to
keep separate accounts of the funds and appropriations of monies. Other key
functions include paying warrants of the Arizona Department of Administration,
supporting the financial literacy of Arizonans and administering the AZ529
plan, Arizona's education savings plan. Statute designates the Treasurer to
invest state monies and administer local government investment pools (A.R.S. ��

41-172
,
35-313
,
35-326
).

Provisions

1.

Appropriates
$30,723,600 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the State Treasurer to distribute
to the City of Douglas for the State match of the Douglas port of entry. (Sec.
1)

2.

Specifies
the appropriated monies may be spent only to the extent that the General
Services Administration provides an award of $678,000,000 for the Douglas port
of entry. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2107 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� DEC 29 2025

REFERENCE TITLE:
SNAP benefits; purchases; waiver

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2107

Introduced by

Representatives
Martinez: Biasiucci, Carbone, Carter N, Fink, Gress, Heap, Hendrix, Keshel,
Lopez

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_STATUTE
46-232.

Use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits;
prohibited purchases; waiver; definition

A. The director of the department of
economic security shall request a waiver from the United States department of
agriculture to do both of the following:

1. Exclude fast food from the
supplemental nutrition assistance program.

2. Include vitamins in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program.

B. If the waiver is granted as
prescribed in subsection A of this section, the director shall prohibit
enrollees in the supplemental nutrition assistance program from using program
benefits to purchase fast food and allow enrollees to use program benefits to
purchase vitamins.� If the waiver is not granted, the director shall request a
waiver annually until the waiver is granted.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"Fast Food" means a type of mass-produced food that is designed
for commercial resale with a strong priority placed on speed of service.
END_STATUTE