SB 1071 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

SNAP; TANF; public welfare; verification

Arizona's SB 1071 (vetoed by the governor on April 18, 2025) requires the Department of Economic Security to verify SNAP (food assistance) eligibility more frequently by checking data from multiple sources, including lottery winnings, unemployment changes, and out-of-state EBT card transactions. It mandates monthly reviews of health services and corrections data, quarterly checks of tax records, and public posting of aggregated fraud investigation results like recovered funds. The bill also adds strict rules for EBT card replacements (triggering fraud investigations after two requests) and investigates recipients using over 10% of their benefits out-of-state within six months. These provisions directly affect SNAP recipients in Arizona by increasing verification requirements and fraud monitoring.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Vetoed

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Vetoed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Engrossed Version → Senate Engrossed Version · 3 edits · Apr 15, 2025

MINOR

The bill was transitioned from the House to the Senate version with minor formatting adjustments and one substantive change regarding fraud investigation procedures. The Senate version removed a requirement for a third replacement card interview and added a requirement for a fourth replacement card interview, shifting the fraud investigation threshold from the third to the fourth card request.

ENFORCEMENT

Changed fraud investigation trigger from third replacement card request to fourth replacement card request, reducing the frequency of mandatory interviews for card replacements.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers and titles from House Engrossed to Senate Engrossed version.

REQUIREMENT

Modified data matching requirements to clarify department responsibilities for referring households with lottery or gambling winnings for further investigation.

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 6 edits · Apr 15, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Arizona's SNAP verification and fraud investigation procedures by modifying data matching requirements, adding new fraud investigation triggers for out-of-state spending, and changing the threshold for requiring interviews when replacement cards are requested. The changes strengthen eligibility verification between state agencies and add stricter fraud detection measures for electronic benefit transfer card usage.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new fraud investigation triggers related to out-of-state purchases and modified the data matching requirements between the Department of Economic Security and the Department of Revenue regarding lottery and gambling winnings.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the data matching agreement partner from the Department of Gaming to the Department of Revenue for identifying households with lottery or gambling winnings of $3,000 or more.

Corrected a reference error where households with gambling winnings were previously referred to the Department of Gaming for investigation, but now are referred to the Department of Economic Security for further investigation.

ENFORCEMENT

Added new requirement that the department must schedule an interview and determine fraud before issuing a new card after a recipient's fourth replacement card request within any twelve-month period.

Added new fraud investigation trigger requiring an interview when a recipient uses more than 10% of their electronic benefit transfer card balance in a six-month period on out-of-state purchases.

Added new requirement to identify individuals making purchases exclusively out-of-state over a ninety-day period, contact them to verify residency, remove them from the program if they do not reside in Arizona, and refer them to the U.S. attorney's office.

TIMELINE

Added requirement that the department must request any necessary federal waivers to comply with the new fraud investigation procedures.

Floor votes · House Mar 31, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 18, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors