Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB154 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 154
5	5	March 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators KAPENGA, CABRAL-GUEVARA, NASS and
6	6	TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives MOSES, KNODL, KAUFERT, ALLEN,
7	7	BEHNKE, CALLAHAN, DITTRICH, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, MAXEY, MURPHY,
8	8	NEDWESKI, NEYLON, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, SNYDER and WICHGERS.
9	9	Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic
10	10	Development.
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12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to create 49.79 (7x) of the statutes; relating to: requiring the
14	14	Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the
15	15	purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits.
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	This bill requires the Department of Health Services to request any necessary
18	18	waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the purchase of candy
19	19	or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. Under current law, the federal food stamp
20	20	program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and called
21	21	FoodShare in this state, provides benefits to eligible low-income households for the
22	22	purchase of food. FoodShare is administered by DHS. The federal government pays
23	23	the benefits for FoodShare while the state and federal government share the cost of
24	24	administration. Current federal law defines the foods eligible for purchase under
25	25	FoodShare. The bill requires DHS to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the use
26	26	of FoodShare benefits for the purchase of candy or soft drinks. If the waiver is
27	27	granted, DHS must prohibit the use of FoodShare benefits to purchase candy or soft
28	28	drinks. If any necessary waiver is not granted, the bill requires DHS to resubmit
29	29	the waiver request annually until it is granted.
30	30	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
31	31	an appendix to this bill.
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35	35	SENATE BILL 154
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38	38	SECTION 1
39	39	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
40	40	enact as follows:
41	41	SECTION 1. 49.79 (7x) of the statutes is created to read:
42	42	49.79 (7x) EXCLUSIONS; FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. (a) In this subsection:
43	43	1. XCandyY has the meaning given in s. 77.51 (1fm).
44	44	2. XSoft drinksY has the meaning given in s. 77.51 (17w).
45	45	(b) The department shall request any necessary waiver from the U.S.
46	46	department of agriculture in accordance with 7 USC 2026 to prohibit the use of
47	47	benefits under the food stamp program for the purchase of candy or soft drinks from
48	48	the list of eligible foods under 7 CFR 271.2. If a waiver requested under this
49	49	paragraph is granted the department shall prohibit the purchase of candy or soft
50	50	drinks with benefits provided through the federal food stamp program. If any
51	51	necessary waiver from the U.S. department of agriculture is not granted, then the
52	52	department shall submit the waiver request under this paragraph annually until
53	53	the waiver is granted.
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