Vote Yes on this bill if you want SNAP recipients to be able to buy hot ready-to-eat food, making the program more useful for people without full kitchens, older adults, people with disabilities, and busy working families.

Organizations that support this bill may include anti-hunger groups, disability and senior advocates, workers’ advocates, and retailers that want SNAP users to be able to buy hot ready-to-eat meals.

Vote No on this bill if you want SNAP to stay focused on uncooked grocery items and want to avoid expanding benefits to prepared hot foods that could raise program costs or change the program’s purpose.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include fiscal watchdog groups, some limited-government organizations, and groups concerned that SNAP would move further from grocery support toward prepared-food purchases.