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SB1331 - 572R - S Ver
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SNAP; mandatory
employment and training..
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1331
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:
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46-232.
Supplemental nutrition assistance program; mandatory employment
and training
The department of economic
security shall require able-bodied adults who are under sixty years of
age and who are receiving supplemental nutrition assistance to participate in a
mandatory employment and training program, as prescribed in 7 United States
Code Section 2015(
d
), unless the recipient is:
1. In compliance with
the work registration requirements under title IV of the social security act or
the federal-state unemployment compensation system. A
recipient who is noncompliant with the work registration requirements under
Title IV of the social security act or the federal-state unemployment
compensation system is noncompliant with the work requirements of 7 United
States Code section 2015(
d
).
2. A parent or other
member of a household who is responsible for the care of an incapacitated
person or a dependent child who is under six years of age.
3. A bona fide student
who is enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program
or institution of higher education unless the recipient is ineligible to
participate pursuant to 7 United States Code section 2015(
e
).
4. A regular
participant in a drug addiction or an alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation
program.
5. Employed at least
thirty hours per week or receives weekly earnings that equal the minimum hourly
rate under the fair labor standards act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060; 29 United
States Code sections 201 through 219), multiplied by thirty hours.
6. Sixteen, seventeen
or eighteen years of age and is not the head of a household or attends school
or is enrolled in an employment training program on at least a half-time
basis.
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