US EditionSugary Drinks, Candy, Rotisserie Chicken: How Nevada Wants to Change SNAP Rules
Nevada aims to limit sugary drinks and candies in SNAP while expanding hot food options, citing rising costs and policy changes affecting thousands of recipients.
- On Tuesday, Nevada Division of Social Services plans to ask the USDA for a waiver to bar SNAP purchases of sugary drinks and allow hot prepared foods like rotisserie chicken, aiming for 2028.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump last year, requires Nevada to cover more administrative costs and could push the state to pay certain benefit costs.
- An industry report estimated carrying out SNAP restrictions would cost U.S. retailers $1.6 billion initially and $759 million annually, highlighting technical and financial hurdles.
- State officials say they have not submitted the waiver and called implementation a "heavy lift," while tens of thousands of Nevadans face eligibility doubts amid new SNAP work rules.
- With most early adopters led by Republican governors, Nevada's request follows a partisan trend as several states, including Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia, implemented restrictions starting 2026.
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Nevada Wants Waivers On Trump SNAP Rules
(Carson City, NV) — State officials are asking the Trump administration for changes to the SNAP program. Representatives from the Nevada Department of Human Services think people on food assistance should be able to buy hot prepared foods like rotisserie chicken. However, state officials also want to prohibit people from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks, energy drinks or candy. There hasn’t been a final decision about submitting the waiver…
Sugary drinks, candy, rotisserie chicken: How Nevada wants to change SNAP rules
Nevada is working on waivers to SNAP benefit rules to dump sugary drinks, energy drinks and candy that's 100% sugar. It's all part of an effort to try to get people to eat healthier.
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Nevada preparing waiver to block food aid recipients from buying sugary drinks, candy
The Nevada agency responsible for administering food stamps is planning to ask the federal government to prohibit recipients from using benefit dollars toward sugary and energy drinks and certain candies.
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