S 1202 119th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Hot Foods Act of 2025

Introduced: March 31, 2025 Introduced by: Bennet, Michael F. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov

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Mar 31, 2025

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Mar 31, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hot Foods Act of 2025

This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to permit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption.

What's happening now March 31, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 14

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
ATLAS CROSSING LLC
for RACETRAC, INC. · Georgia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
ATLAS CROSSING LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
for FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
for FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
ATLAS CROSSING LLC
for RACETRAC, INC. · Georgia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 12

Coons, Christopher A.

Delaware · Jul 14, 2026

Blunt Rochester, Lisa

Delaware · May 20, 2026

Slotkin, Elissa

Michigan · Jan 13, 2026

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Mar 31, 2025

Fetterman, John

Pennsylvania · Mar 31, 2025

Gillibrand, Kirsten E.

New York · Mar 31, 2025

Hickenlooper, John W.

Colorado · Mar 31, 2025

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Mar 31, 2025

Padilla, Alex

California · Mar 31, 2025

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Mar 31, 2025

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Mar 31, 2025

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Mar 31, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1202: Hot Foods Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1202/

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"S. 1202: Hot Foods Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1202/.

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S. 1202, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1202/.

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