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SB 6186: SNAP benefits/unhealthy food

Data last updated: bill actions through Aug 23, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)

Directing the department of social and health services to apply for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture restricting the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits from being used to purchase unhealthy foods such as candy and sweetened beverages.

Prime sponsor

Judy Warnick

Introduced

Jan 16, 2026

Status

First reading, referred to Human Services. (Jan 16, 2026)

The Legislature's page

SB 6186 on leg.wa.gov

Floor votes

No floor roll call on file (it didn't pass a chamber, or it was decided without one).

Who lobbied on it 0

No lobbyist's monthly report names this bill.

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