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Committee advances bill asking USDA waiver to exclude soda and candy from SNAP purchases
Summary
Representative Jordan Redmond asked the committee to direct the state to seek a USDA waiver to bar soda and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the committee voted 8-7 to send House Bill 109 to the floor after debate over the bill’s scope and enforceability.
BOISE — The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 109 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation after debate over whether Idaho should ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow removal of soda and candy from SNAP-eligible purchases.
Representative Jordan Redmond (R-3), sponsor of the bill, asked the committee to seek a USDA waiver removing soda and candy from SNAP…
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