A bill in the Texas legislature would prohibit purchasing junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy, chips and cookies, with SNAP benefits.

The Texas Senate has passed Bill 379, aiming to limit the purchase of ultra-processed foods with SNAP benefits. This ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill restricting SNAP benefits from buying junk food like soda and candy. It now heads to the House for a vote.

HOUSTON, Texas ... buy with food stamps is one step closer to becoming law. Senate Bill 379 overwhelmingly passed 22-8 and now heads to the House. The bill bars people from using SNAP benefits ...

A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would bar people from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy ...

A proposed Texas law that would end the use of SNAP benefits, or food stamps, for buying “junk food” passed the Texas Senate last week. Senate Bill 379, authored by Houston-area state Sen.

RELATED: Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP. Past efforts show it's not easy to do The legislation now moves to the Texas House for consideration. Under SB 379, SNAP benefits can no ...

Middleton said other bills potentially could potentially deal with that, but his legislation was only aimed at getting junk food out of the SNAP benefit program in Texas. Middleton’s bill comes ...

An advocacy group called Make Texans Healthy Again (MHTA) praised the move by the Texas Senate in a news release as a way to keep people from using food stamps to buy soda, candy, or other ...