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US HB4158

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shontel Brown

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Permanently prohibits states and their agents, contractors, or subcontractors from imposing fees on SNAP-authorized retailers for EBT transactions, including switching and routing of benefits

  • Applies the fee prohibition to costs associated with implementing electronic benefit transfer system requirements under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008

  • Exempts equipment rental costs from the fee prohibition, allowing those charges to continue

  • Supersedes temporary provisions from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (title IV of division HH) and related agency actions

  • Takes effect October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025

Agriculture and food

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

6/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Agriculture6/26/2025

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