Bipartisan Lawmakers Propose Allowing SNAP Recipients to Buy Hot Rotisserie Chickens

41.7 million Americans received SNAP benefits per month on average in FY 2024 — the population this bill would directly affect

SNAP's hot-food ban has been in place for more than 50 years — since the program's early rules in the 1970s

88% of SNAP participants reported facing at least one barrier to achieving a healthy diet each month, per a 2021 USDA study

Rotisserie chickens retail for $5–$7 at major grocery chains — and bill sponsors cite roughly 36 grams of protein per cup of meat as nutritional justification

22 states have received federal approval to restrict SNAP food purchases — moving in the opposite direction from this bill