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House tables amendment and advances Food Bucks SNAP incentive bill
Summary
The House advanced a bill to create a Pennsylvania Food Bucks program that would provide incentives to SNAP recipients and tabled a contentious amendment about work requirements. Lawmakers split on whether to act now or wait for pending federal legislation.
The House on June 2 advanced legislation to establish a Pennsylvania Food Bucks program that would provide benefit incentives to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and tabled a related amendment after floor debate.
The bill was described on the floor as “establish[ing] the Pennsylvania Food Bucks program to provide benefit incentives to SNAP recipients.” Representative Bradford, the majority leader, moved to table amendment A00662 under House Rule 59. Bradford said federal legislation under consideration in Congress…
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