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Bills › 90th General Assembly

HF 435Died when the session ended · February 24, 2023

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

Topics:State budget

Same legislation: HF 209, HF 2022

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Also covers HF 209 and HF 2022.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2023
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 would provide extra money to help people who use food assistance programs buy fresh fruits and vegetables. This funding helps farmers markets and grocery stores participate in the Double Up Food Bucks program. To get these grants, organizations must also provide an equal amount of their own money to match the state's support.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 agriculture and land stewardship for fiscal year 2023-2024, 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 supplemental nutrition assistance program. The bill requires a double up food bucks program grant recipient to provide at least a dollar-for-dollar match of the grant assistance. 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 committeeHF 435Cleared committeeHF 2022Cleared committee

Picked up later

HF 920Cleared committee91st GA

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • 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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