S. 1202In CommitteeAGRICULTURE AND FOOD
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.
Key facts
Introduced: Mar 31, 2025
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 11
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Mar 31, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Summary
Hot Foods Act of 2025
This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to permit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Mar 31, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] D-CA
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] D-CO
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] D-MD
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] D-VT
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] D-NY
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] I-VT
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] D-PA
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] D-CT
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] D-MA
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] D-MI
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] D-DE
In the News
- Kerala polls: 1,202 candidates file nominations as deadline ends - The Economic Times
- ACTEC Calls for Changes to Rules Affecting Trusts, Estates - Tax Notes
- Congress Should Have Eliminated, Not Expanded, the QSBS Exclusion - American Enterprise Institute - AEI
- Quite Some BS: Expanded ‘QSBS’ Giveaway in Trump Tax Law Threatens State Revenues and Enriches the Wealthy - Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
- Corporations Are Eligible to Issue Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Only if They Satisfy Section 1202’s 'Aggregate Gross Assets' Test - CPA Practice Advisor
- Amendments to Section 1202 Tax Exclusion for Sale of Qualified Small Business Stock Provide to Lift to Startups and Angel Investors - K&L Gates
- Significant Changes by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the Qualified Small Business Stock Provisions of Section 1202 - Perkins Coie
- One Big, Beautiful Bill . . . Simplified - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- How Venture Capital Investors Must Adapt to Evolving Tax Law - EisnerAmper
- Secret War - Brennan Center for Justice
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