TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO REQUEST A WAIVER TO EXCLUDE CANDY AND SOFT DRINKS FROM ELIGIBLE FOODS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

What it does: Requires the Department of Human Services to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a waiver excluding candy and soft drinks from foods purchasable with SNAP benefits, and to ban those purchases if granted or re-request the waiver yearly until it is. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

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