HB 2385
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2385: produce incentive program; annual appropriation
S/E: produce incentive program; appropriation
Sponsor: Representative Marshall, LD 7
Committee on Appropriations
Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to HB 2385
Overview
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2026 to the Arizona
Department of Economic Security (DES) to implement the Produce Incentive Program
(Program).
History
The U.S. Food and Nutrition Service's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
provides financial assistance to eligible low-income households to purchase nutritionally
adequate, low-cost foods. This assistance is available to households that meet financial
eligibility tests for monthly income, fulfill work-related requirements and satisfy citizenship
and legal permanent residence tests (7 U.S.C. § 2012 et seq.).
The Legislature appropriated $400,000 from the GF in FY 2019 to DES to develop and
implement the Program for SNAP enrollees to purchase eligible Arizona-grown fruits and
vegetables. Eligible goods can only be purchased at SNAP-authorized farmers markets, farm
stands, mobile markets, community supported agriculture sites and grocery stores.
The Program, known as the Double Up Food Bucks Program, provides matching monies up
to $20 per site per day for a SNAP enrollee, subject to available monies. DES must also use
Program monies to research and evaluate the Program's impact for SNAP enrollees and
Arizona agricultural producers (A.R.S. § 46-231).
Provisions
1. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the GF in FY 2026 to DES for the implementation of the
Program. (Sec. 1)
2. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing. (Sec. 1)