Relating to the double up food bucks program and making an appropriation

Topics:State budget Families & human services

Same legislation: HF 209, HF 435

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2023
Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa will provide extra money to help people who receive food assistance buy more fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets and grocery stores. This funding supports the Double Up Food Bucks program, which makes healthy food more affordable for families in the state. Starting in 2025, the state will also create a yearly report to show how the program is being used and who it is helping.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the double up food bucks program by making a supplemental appropriation from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services (HHS) for fiscal year 2024-2025, in addition to any other funding appropriated for such purpose for the same fiscal year, to provide grants to support the double up food bucks program administered by the Iowa healthiest state initiative to make fresh fruits and vegetables sold at farmers markets, grocery stores, and other participating locations accessible to individuals and families who reside in this state and receive assistance through the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program. Beginning January 1, 2025, HHS, in cooperation with the Iowa healthiest state initiative, shall submit an annual report to the general assembly that provides information related to the double up food bucks program, including but not limited to the utilization rate of participants in the program, the participating locations providing access to participants, and participant demographics. Moneys appropriated under the bill do not revert at the close of the fiscal year but remain available for the purposes of the double up food bucks program.

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Lobbying

15 for · 0 against · 11 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HF 437Cleared committee89th GA

90th General Assembly

HF 209Cleared committee HF 435Cleared committee HF 2022Cleared committee

Picked up later

HF 920Cleared committee91st GA

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HF 437 Relating to the double up food bucks program, making a supplemental appropriation, and inc…
89th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identical
Cleared committee

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HF 920 Relating to the double up food bucks program and making an appropriation
91st General Assembly · In committee
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