Sponsor
Cleo Fields
Representative · D-LA
The bill clarifies and potentially expands online grocery access for SNAP users by defining delivery platforms, but risks increasing out-of-pocket costs and reducing access if delivery fees or services are excluded or eligibility is narrowed, while also creating compliance uncertainty for retailers.
SNAP participants (low-income individuals) could gain clearer access to buy groceries online through defined delivery platforms, expanding options for obtaining food.
Retailers and delivery platforms (including small businesses and state agencies) would have clearer rules about what counts as a delivery platform, reducing administrative uncertainty and easing compliance.
SNAP households (low-income individuals) could face higher out-of-pocket costs if delivery-related fees are excluded from benefit coverage and platforms charge those fees separately.
Low-income individuals—especially those without reliable transportation or in rural areas—may lose practical access to groceries if delivery fees or services are treated as ineligible, making online purchases unaffordable or unavailable.
Removing or narrowing statutory language about 'delivery' could create confusion about which delivery charges or services qualify under SNAP, complicating choices for participants and operations for retailers/platforms.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Representative · D-LA
Adds a legal definition for delivery platforms in SNAP law and changes how delivery-related fees are treated, excluding some fees from a prior limit.
Official title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase food access for recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by permitting the use of benefits to pay the related cost of food delivery services.
Introduced November 19, 2025 by Cleo Fields · Last progress November 19, 2025
Changes to SNAP rules add a legal definition for delivery platforms and adjust how delivery-related fees are treated under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. The bill removes or relocates several existing references to “delivery” and appears to exclude certain delivery-related fees from a prior fee limit, which alters who can facilitate online food sales and how delivery charges interact with SNAP purchase rules.