119th Congress · Senate bill · Last action Mar 31, 2025
S. 1202In CommitteeAgriculture and Food
Hot Foods Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. (D-CO)12 cosponsorsIntroduced Mar 31, 2025
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In plain English
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced this bill to expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to allow beneficiaries to use their benefits to buy hot foods and hot food products that are ready to eat immediately, rather than limiting purchases to cold foods as current rules require.
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Note: the official CRS summary for this bill was written on 2025-03-31, but the bill text was revised on 2025-03-31T04:00:00Z. Provisions may have been added since the summary was written — the section list above reflects the current text.
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Mar 31
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 31
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Introduced in Senate
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Mar 31
SENATERead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 31
Introduced in Senate
All 12 cosponsors
11 Democrats · 0 Republicans · 1 Independent
Democrats (11)
Independents (1)
Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]VT
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