Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD938: An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Status: Failed, April 29, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative FLYNN of Albion. Cosponsored by Representatives: ARFORD of Brunswick, BOYER of Poland, BOYER of Cape Elizabeth, CHAPMAN of Auburn, COLLINS of Sidney, MORRIS of Turner, OLSEN of Raymond. Printed on recycled paper.
From the introduced text:
An Act to Implement Certain Local Spending and Sourcing Requirements Regarding the Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative FLYNN of Albion. Cosponsored by Representatives: ARFORD of Brunswick, BOYER of Poland, BOYER of Cape Elizabeth, CHAPMAN of Auburn, COLLINS of Sidney, MORRIS of Turner, OLSEN of Raymond. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3104, sub-§18 is enacted to read: 18. Local spending requirement. A household receiving food assistance through SNAP must spend at least 10% of each monthly SNAP benefit within a 50-mile radius of the household's declared residence. The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3104, sub-§19 is enacted to read: 19. Retailer requirements. In addition to the requirements established by the United States Department of Agriculture, a retailer participating in SNAP shall ensure that at least 10% of all perishable foods in the retailer's inventory are sourced from within the …