S 1156 — Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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✓Introduced
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4Passed House
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 26, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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16 sponsors
1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (15 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 This bill allows certain striking workers and their households to maintain their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).Specifically, the bill provides that a household that would otherwise be eligible to participate in SNAP is eligible for benefits if any member of the household is on strike because of a labor dispute. Current law generally prohibits a household from participating in SNAP if any member of the household is on strike unless the household was eligible for SNAP immediately prior to the strike. Also, under current law, households are not eligible for an increased SNAP allotment as a result of the decreased income of a striking member of the household. The bill expands SNAP eligibility for households with striking workers by repealing both of these restrictions.The bill also allows a government employee who is dismissed for striking and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility. Specifically, current law prohibits certain individuals who voluntarily and without good cause quit a job from participating in SNAP. Further, a federal, state, or local government employee who participates in a strike against the government that results in their dismissal is considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause. The bill eliminates the provision that considers the dismissed government employee to have voluntarily quit without good cause, thereby allowing the employee and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility if they are otherwise eligible for the program.
Bill Text
- Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html March 26, 2025
Action History
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsors
- John Fetterman · Primary
- Alex Padilla · Cosponsor
- Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor
- Tina Smith · Cosponsor
- Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor
- Ron Wyden · Cosponsor
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand · Cosponsor
- Adam B. Schiff · Cosponsor
- Peter Welch · Cosponsor
- Cory A. Booker · Cosponsor
- Bernard Sanders · Cosponsor
- Ruben Gallego · Cosponsor
- Elissa Slotkin · Cosponsor
- Martin Heinrich · Cosponsor
- Tammy Duckworth · Cosponsor
- Michael F. Bennet · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 531 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Fetterman, John Democratic
Co-sponsors (15)
- Padilla, Alex Democratic
- Blumenthal, Richard Democratic
- Smith, Tina Democratic
- Klobuchar, Amy Democratic
- Wyden, Ron Democratic
- Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic
- Schiff, Adam B. Democratic
- Welch, Peter Democratic
- Booker, Cory A. Democratic
- Sanders, Bernard Independent
- Gallego, Ruben Democratic
- Slotkin, Elissa Democratic
- Heinrich, Martin Democratic
- Duckworth, Tammy Democratic
- Bennet, Michael F. Democratic
Not signed on (531)
531 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does S 1156 do?
- Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 This bill allows certain striking workers and their households to maintain their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).Specifically, the bill provides that a household that would otherwise be eligible to participate in SNAP is eligible for benefits if any member of the household is on strike because of a labor dispute. Current law generally prohibits a household from participating in SNAP if any member of the household is on strike unless the household was eligible for SNAP immediately prior to the strike. Also, under current law, households are not eligible for an increased SNAP allotment as a result of the decreased income of a striking member of the household. The bill expands SNAP eligibility for households with striking workers by repealing both of these restrictions.The bill also allows a government employee who is dismissed for striking and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility. Specifically, current law prohibits certain individuals who voluntarily and without good cause quit a job from participating in SNAP. Further, a federal, state, or local government employee who participates in a strike against the government that results in their dismissal is considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause. The bill eliminates the provision that considers the dismissed government employee to have voluntarily quit without good cause, thereby allowing the employee and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility if they are otherwise eligible for the program.
- Who sponsors S 1156?
- S 1156 is sponsored by Fetterman, John (Democratic), Padilla, Alex (Democratic), Blumenthal, Richard (Democratic), Smith, Tina (Democratic), Klobuchar, Amy (Democratic), Wyden, Ron (Democratic), Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (Democratic), Schiff, Adam B. (Democratic), Welch, Peter (Democratic), Booker, Cory A. (Democratic), Sanders, Bernard (Independent), Gallego, Ruben (Democratic), Slotkin, Elissa (Democratic), Heinrich, Martin (Democratic), Duckworth, Tammy (Democratic), and Bennet, Michael F. (Democratic).
- What is the current status of S 1156?
- This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 26, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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