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The bill reduces out-of-pocket costs for SNAP recipients using retail delivery and clarifies program rules for businesses, at the risk of shifting costs onto retailers or consumers and creating modest compliance burdens for businesses.
Low-income SNAP recipients will not have delivery fees counted toward benefit calculations when buying from retail stores, reducing their out-of-pocket costs for food delivery.
Retailers and delivery platforms get a clearer statutory definition of delivery platforms, giving businesses clearer rules for participating in SNAP online purchase programs and reducing regulatory uncertainty.
Low-income individuals and small businesses could see costs shifted because delivery fees are excluded from certain provisions, meaning retailers or delivery platforms may raise other prices or fees to cover the difference.
Retailers and delivery companies may incur administrative and compliance costs adapting contracts and systems to the new statutory definition and amended clauses.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a delivery-platform definition to SNAP law and edits statutory language to exclude delivery fees from a referenced clause governing online purchases.
Adds a legal definition of a “delivery platform or delivery services provider” to SNAP law and makes targeted wording changes in existing provisions that govern online purchases and delivery. The text clarifies treatment of delivery-related fees by excluding them from a referenced clause in the statute. The changes are limited to textual edits and do not create new funding, deadlines, or programs.
Introduced November 19, 2025 by Cleo Fields · Last progress November 19, 2025