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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 5157: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 5157 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Primary sponsor: Joanne Shofner (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2025): Referred to Human Services.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joanne ShofnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Mike OlcottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Human Services
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source