ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: APPROP DPA/SE 18-0-0-0

HB 2385: ~~produce incentive program; annual appropriation~~

NOW: produce incentive program; appropriation

Sponsor: Representative Marshall, LD 7

House Engrossed

Overview

Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2026 to the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) to implement the Produce Incentive Program (Program).

History

The U.S. Food and Nutrition Service's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides financial assistance to eligible low-income households to purchase nutritionally adequate, low-cost foods. This assistance is available to households that meet financial eligibility tests for monthly income, fulfill work-related requirements and satisfy citizenship and legal permanent residence tests (7 U.S.C. § 2012 et seq.).

The Legislature appropriated $400,000 from the GF in FY 2019 to DES to develop and implement the Program for SNAP enrollees to purchase eligible Arizona-grown fruits and vegetables. Eligible goods can only be purchased at SNAP-authorized farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets, community supported agriculture sites and grocery stores.

The Program, known as the Double Up Food Bucks Program, provides matching monies up to $20 per site per day for a SNAP enrollee, subject to available monies. DES must also use Program monies to research and evaluate the Program's impact for SNAP enrollees and Arizona agricultural producers (A.R.S. § 46-231).

Provisions

1. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the GF in FY 2026 to DES for the implementation of the Program. (Sec. 1)

2. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing. (Sec. 1)

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