Restrictions on food stamp junk food passes Wisconsin Assembly

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a Republican bill that would create a pilot program to prohibit the use of food stamps for purchasing junk food.

The Assembly passed the proposal on a voice vote Thursday, sending the measure on to the Senate.

The bill would require the state to identify food and beverages that lack nutritional value and restrict the use of FoodShare benefits to purchase them.

A federal waiver to conduct the program would likely be needed.