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Committee reports bill to create Pennsylvania food‑box program for SNAP incentives
Summary
House Bill 1096, which would establish a Pennsylvania food box program to provide incentives to SNAP recipients who purchase eligible fruits and vegetables at participating retailers, was reported out of the Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee with no recorded opposition in the transcript.
House Bill 1096, which would create the Pennsylvania food box program to provide incentives to SNAP recipients who buy eligible fruits and vegetables at participating food retailers, was explained to the Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee and reported out of committee.
"This bill establishes the Pennsylvania food box program to provide benefit incentives to SNAP recipients when they purchase eligible fruits and vegetables at participating food retailers," Will (staff member) said when he summarized the measure for the committee. Committee members asked no substantive questions and no negative votes were recorded in the transcript; the clerk announced that "the ayes have it" and the bill was reported out of committee.
The committee record in this session does not include details about program funding, incentive amounts, certification of participating retailers or an implementation timeline. Those administrative and fiscal details were not specified during the committee explanation and would be expected in later drafting or fiscal notes.
