Relating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)
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Introduced
2Passed Senate
3Passed House
4To Governor
5Became Law
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History
2026
Mar 23Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Latest
Feb 18Referred to committee on Senate OrganizationMinor
Feb 18Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Larson, Keyeski, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Pfaff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and WirchMinor
Feb 18Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and WirchMinor
Feb 17Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Feb 13Available for scheduling
Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3. Result: pass.Upper
Feb 13Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3Minor
Feb 13Executive action taken
Feb 12Public hearing held
Feb 11Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development and rereferred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)Minor
2025
May 1Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
Mar 21Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
Mar 21Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic DevelopmentMinor
Mar 21Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Knodl, Kaufert, Allen, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder and WichgersIntroduced