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Committee introduces bill proposing photographic ID on new EBT cards to curb alleged SNAP misuse
Summary
Representative Jordan Redmond introduced RS32096 to require photographic identification on new EBT cards and a strategy to replace existing cards; members questioned federal funding, enforcement, exemptions for disabled beneficiaries, and fiscal costs of issuing new cards.
Representative Jordan Redmond (District 3, Kootenai County) asked the House Health and Welfare Committee to introduce RS32096, a request session bill that would require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to add photographic identification to new EBT cards and to develop a strategy for replacing current EBT cards.
Redmond framed the proposal as an accountability measure intended "to reduce fraud and misuse within our SNAP program" and to make sure benefits intended to address food security reach the intended recipients.
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