SB1331 • 2026

SNAP; mandatory employment and training..

SB1331 - SNAP; mandatory employment and training..

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Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor: John Kavanagh
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Governor vetoed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about compliance with work registration requirements leading to loss of SNAP benefits, so this claim was removed.

SNAP; Mandatory Employment and Training

This bill requires able-bodied adults under age 60 who receive SNAP benefits to participate in mandatory employment or training programs, with certain exceptions.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Economic Security (DES) to make able-bodied adults under age 60 who get SNAP benefits join a job training program unless they meet specific conditions.
Lists six reasons why someone might be exempt from joining the mandatory employment and training program, such as being a full-time student or having a child under six years old at home.

Who It Names or Affects

Able-bodied adults who are receiving SNAP benefits and are under age 60.

Terms To Know

SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps people buy food.
Department of Economic Security (DES): The Arizona agency that manages programs like SNAP.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill was vetoed by the governor on February 20, 2026. Lawmakers may try to override this veto.
It is not clear if and when lawmakers will act on the governor's veto.

Bill History

2026-02-17 V
Governor vetoed
2026-02-16 Senate
Transmitted to Senate
2026-02-16 House
House third read passed
2026-02-11 House
Transmitted to House
2026-02-11 Senate
Senate third read passed
2026-02-11 Senate
Senate committee of the whole
2026-02-10 Senate
Senate minority caucus
2026-02-10 Senate
Senate majority caucus
2026-02-09 Senate
Senate consent calendar
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate Health and Human Services: DP
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1331 - SNAP; mandatory employment and training..

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SB1331 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

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.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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.

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.

END_STATUTE