SNAP; work requirement waivers; exemptions.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill status is Vetoed. It has no effective date unless lawmakers override the veto.

SB1334: Limits on SNAP Work Requirement Waivers and Exemptions

This bill would stop the Department of Economic Security from seeking or using waivers that remove work rules for certain adults unless federal law requires it or state law allows it.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a new rule to Arizona Revised Statutes section 46-232.
• Stops the department from seeking, applying for, accepting, or renewing federal waivers of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents unless required by federal law or authorized by state law.
• Blocks the state from using its option to create exemptions from work rules unless a specific state law allows it.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Able-bodied adults without dependents who receive SNAP benefits

Terms To Know

SNAP

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

Waiver

An official permission to not follow a rule or requirement for a specific time or group of people.

Able-bodied adults without dependents

Adults who are physically able to work and do not have children living with them.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill was vetoed by the governor on February 20, 2026.
• It is unknown if lawmakers will vote to override the veto and make this law active.

Official Summary Text

SB1334 - SNAP; work requirement waivers; exemptions.

Current Bill Text

SB1334 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

SNAP; work
requirement waivers; exemptions.

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1334

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.

Department of economic security; supplemental nutrition
assistance program; work requirement waivers; discretionary exemption
prohibition

A. The department of economic
security may not seek, apply for, accept or renew any waiver of work
requirement for able-bodied adults without dependents pursuant to 7
United States Code section 2015(
o
)(4) unless:

1. It is required by federal law.

2. It is authorized by state law.

B. The department of economic
security may not exercise this state's option to provide any exemptions from
the work requirement under 7 United States Code section 2015(
o
)(6)(f) unless authorized by state law.
END_STATUTE