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SB154 • 2025

requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits

requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk, cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Knodl, Kaufert, Allen, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder and Wichgers
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)
Effective date
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requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits

requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

What This Bill Does

  • requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-18 Sen.

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein , Smith , Spreitzer , Drake , Carpenter , Dassler-Alfheim , Habush Sinykin , L. Johnson , Keyeski , Larson , Pfaff , Ratcliff , Roys , Wall and Wirch

  3. 2026-02-18 Sen.

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Larson , Keyeski , Habush Sinykin , Ratcliff , Carpenter , Dassler-Alfheim , Drake , Hesselbein , L. Johnson , Pfaff , Roys , Smith , Spreitzer , Wall and Wirch

  4. 2026-02-18 Sen.

    Referred to committee on Senate Organization

  5. 2026-02-17 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  6. 2026-02-13 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  7. 2026-02-13 Sen.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue , Ayes 5, Noes 3

  8. 2026-02-13 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  9. 2026-02-12 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  10. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development and rereferred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  11. 2025-05-01 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. 2025-03-21 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga , Cabral-Guevara , Nass and Tomczyk ; cosponsored by Representatives Moses , Knodl , Kaufert , Allen , Behnke , Callahan , Dittrich , Goeben , Gundrum , Maxey , Murphy , Nedweski , Neylon , O'Connor , Penterman , Snyder and Wichgers

  13. 2025-03-21 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  14. 2025-03-21 Sen.

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

Official Summary Text

requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits
Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 154
March 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Kapenga
,
Cabral-Guevara
,
Nass
and
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Moses
,
Knodl
,
Kaufert
,
Allen
,
Behnke
,
Callahan
,
Dittrich
,
Goeben
,
Gundrum
,
Maxey
,
Murphy
,
Nedweski
,
Neylon
,
O'Connor
,
Penterman
,
Snyder
and
Wichgers
. Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.
SB154,1,3
1
An Act

to create
49.79 (7x) of the statutes;
relating to:
requiring the
2
Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the
3
purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to request any necessary waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. Under current law, the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and called FoodShare in this state, provides benefits to eligible low-income households for the purchase of food. FoodShare is administered by DHS. The federal government pays the benefits for FoodShare while the state and federal government share the cost of administration. Current federal law defines the foods eligible for purchase under FoodShare. The bill requires DHS to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the use of FoodShare benefits for the purchase of candy or soft drinks. If the waiver is granted, DHS must prohibit the use of FoodShare benefits to purchase candy or soft drinks. If any necessary waiver is not granted, the bill requires DHS to resubmit the waiver request annually until it is granted.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB154,1
1
Section

1
.
49.79 (7x) of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,2,2
2
49.79
(7x)

Exclusions; food stamp program.
(a) In this subsection:
SB154,2,3
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1. “Candy” has the meaning given in s. 77.51 (1fm).
SB154,2,4
4
2. “Soft drinks” has the meaning given in s. 77.51 (17w).
SB154,2,13
5
(b) The department shall request any necessary waiver from the U.S.
6
department of agriculture in accordance with
7 USC 2026
to prohibit the use of
7
benefits under the food stamp program for the purchase of candy or soft drinks from
8
the list of eligible foods under
7 CFR 271.2
. If a waiver requested under this
9
paragraph is granted the department shall prohibit the purchase of candy or soft
10
drinks with benefits provided through the federal food stamp program. If any
11
necessary waiver from the U.S. department of agriculture is not granted, then the
12
department shall submit the waiver request under this paragraph annually until
13
the waiver is granted.
SB154,2,14
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