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S3524 • 2026

Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Beach, James
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3524

SENATE, No. 3524

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides for receipts for applications for
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning applications for the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program and supplementing Title 44 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.�� A county welfare
agency, county board of social services, or other entity that is responsible
for receiving an application for benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program,
established pursuant to
the federal �Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,� Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et
seq.), shall provide to the applicant a receipt proving that the application
has been filed.� A receipt shall be provided to an applicant, whether the
application was submitted in person or electronically.�

���� b.��� The
receipt shall, at a minimum, include the following elements:

���� (1)�� the
date that the application was received;

���� (2)�� a
checklist of all required documents or other verifications related to the
application and the date on which each document was received; and

���� (3)�� a
list of all documents or other verifications still needed to complete the
application and the date by which each item must be received.

���� 2.���
The Commissioner of Human Services shall, in accordance
with the
�Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt any
rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment, except the Commissioner of Human Services
may take any anticipatory
administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation
of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides for
applicants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also called
food stamps) to receive a receipt when they apply for the program.

���� Under the bill, a county
welfare agency, county board of social services, or other entity that is
responsible for receiving SNAP applications would
provide to the applicant a receipt proving that the application has been
filed.� The receipt would be provided for applications filed in-person or
electronically.

���� The
receipt would include, at a minimum:

�

the date that the application
was received;

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a checklist of all required
documents or other verifications related to the application and the date on
which each document was received; and

�

a list of all documents or other verifications still needed to
complete the application and the date by which each item must be received.