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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed new legislation that would expand food purchasing options for Americans receiving government nutrition assistance.<\/p>

The Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, filed by Senators Jim Justice of West Virginia, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, and Michael Bennet of Colorado, seeks to allow people using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to buy hot rotisserie chicken at grocery stores.<\/p>

Representative Rick Crawford of Arkansas has filed matching legislation in the House of Representatives.<\/p>

Currently, SNAP regulations prohibit the purchase of prepared hot foods, limiting recipients to cold or uncooked items. The proposed change would specifically add hot rotisserie chicken as an exception to this rule.<\/p>

According to the bill’s sponsors, the legislation would not require additional government spending or expand overall SNAP funding levels.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A group of senators and representatives from both parties have introduced legislation that would allow people using food assistance benefits to purchase hot rotisserie chicken. The Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act aims to expand food options for SNAP participants without increasing program funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776960466584.jpg?fit=728%2C404&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-eFB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56275,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/senators-push-bill-to-let-snap-recipients-buy-hot-rotisserie-chicken\/","url_meta":{"origin":56395,"position":0},"title":"Senators Push Bill to Let SNAP Recipients Buy Hot Rotisserie Chicken","author":"Admin","date":"April 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to allow families using SNAP benefits to purchase hot rotisserie chicken from grocery stores. 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