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Food banks, legal advocates and policy groups back study commission instead of immediate SNAP restrictions
Summary
Stakeholders told the committee converting proposed SNAP purchase restrictions into a study commission is prudent. Food‑security and legal‑aid groups argued the original measure risked increasing hunger, administrative costs and payment‑error penalties; think‑tank analysis urged study of retail impacts.
Representative Yuri Palazzo introduced SB 615, a bill establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire. Witnesses from food‑security organizations, legal aid and policy groups uniformly supported the Senate‑amended approach to convene a study commission rather than immediately imposing state‑level restrictions on SNAP purchases.
Elsie Cipriani, executive director of the New Hampshire Food Bank, said the food bank…
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