KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Indiana

SB276 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Children
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senator J.D. Ford
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
Introduced Senate Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Triple SNAP and WIC Benefits for Farmers' Markets

This bill requires Indiana's Department of Health to provide triple value for SNAP and WIC benefits when used at participating farmers' markets, subject to federal approval.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows people who get food stamps (SNAP) to buy produce from farmers' markets with three times the usual amount of money.
  • Gives people in the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) triple value for their benefits when buying produce at participating farmers' markets.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who get SNAP or WIC benefits
  • Farmers' market vendors that participate in the state's nutrition assistance programs

Terms To Know

SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federal program that helps people buy food.
WIC
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, a federal program that provides nutrition assistance to pregnant women, new mothers, and young children.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill needs approval from the federal government before it can be implemented.
  • It is not clear how many farmers' markets will participate in this program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 Senate

    Authored by Senators Ford J.D., Pol

  2. 2026-01-12 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.
Farmers' market nutrition assistance programs.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Farmers' market nutrition assistance programs.

Requires, subject to federal approval of any necessary plan, amendment, or waiver, the Indiana department of health (state department) to provide for: (1) a recipient of benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to receive triple value for the recipient's SNAP benefits; and (2) a recipient of benefits under the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) to receive triple value for the recipient's WIC benefits; when used to purchase produce at a farmers' market that participates in one or more specified federal programs administered by the state department.