Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR357: A Resolution establishing a legislative Hunger Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations for alleviating hunger, addressing food insecurity and increasing access to healthy food in this Commonwealth.
Status: In committee, October 27, 2025
What the bill says
A resolution Establishing a legislative Hunger Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations for alleviating hunger, addressing food insecurity and increasing access to healthy food in this Commonwealth.
From the introduced text, October 27, 2025:
A RESOLUTION Establishing a legislative Hunger Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations for alleviating hunger, addressing food insecurity and increasing access to healthy food in this Commonwealth. WHEREAS, The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as the lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life; and WHEREAS, Food insecurity is linked to a multitude of factors such as household income and expenses, access to affordable health care and social and physical environments; and WHEREAS, While Federal income-based assistance programs such as SNAP and WIC provide an important safety net for low-income individuals and families, more than 41% of Pennsylvanians who experience food insecurity are above the income thresholds to qualify for those programs; and WHEREAS, Moreover, a majority of people facing hunger live above the Federal poverty line; and WHEREAS, More than 1,710,400, or one in eight, Pennsylvanians experienced food insecurity in 2023; and WHEREAS, Children are particularly impacted as the number of children in Pennsylvania who were facing hunger increased by 14.6% from 2022 to 2023; and WHEREAS, With 475,000 children in Pennsylvania facing hunger in 2023, Pennsylvania became the seventh leading state in childhood food insecurity; and WHEREAS, People with disabilities, people living in rural areas and people of color are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity; and WHEREAS, …
Sponsors
- Amen Brown (D, 10) · primary sponsor
- Manuel Guzman (D, 127)
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, 95)
- Robert FREEMAN (D, 136)
- Tarik Khan (D, 194)
- Robert Merski (D, 2)
- Benjamin Waxman (D, 182)
- Arvind Venkat (D, 30)
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, 181)
- Christopher Pielli (D, 156)
- Lindsay Powell (D, 21)
- Kristine Howard (D, 167)
Latest actions
- : Referred to HUMAN SERVICES, Oct. 27, 2025
Subjects: HUMAN SERVICES
Common questions
- What is HR357?
- HR357 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution establishing a legislative Hunger Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations for alleviating hunger, addressing food insecurity and increasing access to healthy food in this Commonwealth.
- What does HR357 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Establishing a legislative Hunger Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations for alleviating hunger, addressing food insecurity and increasing access to healthy food in this Commonwealth.
- What is the status of HR357?
- In committee as of October 27, 2025. Latest action: Referred to HUMAN SERVICES, Oct. 27, 2025 (October 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HR357?
- Amen Brown (D, 10), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR357?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr357
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