SB 1002 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

SNAP; TANF; public welfare; verification

SB 1002 is a proposed Arizona bill that would require the Department of Economic Security to implement new verification processes for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) eligibility. It mandates monthly reviews of data on lottery/gambling winnings ($3,000+), unemployment changes, residency via out-of-state EBT transactions, and quarterly checks of tax records and corrections data to identify potential eligibility issues. The bill also requires posting aggregated fraud investigation data (like recovered funds and improper payments) on the department’s website and sets specific rules for EBT card replacements (third request triggers fraud investigation) and out-of-state spending (over 10% of balance in 6 months requires an interview). These changes would directly affect SNAP recipients and the state agency managing the program. The bill is currently prefiling and not yet law.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Vetoed

Feb 2026

Introduced Nov 24, 2025 Vetoed Feb 20, 2026

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Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version (02/11/2026) · 6 edits · Feb 11, 2026

MODERATE

This bill updates Arizona's SNAP fraud prevention laws by adding stricter data matching requirements between state agencies and the lottery, increasing the frequency of eligibility reviews, and expanding public reporting of fraud statistics. It also tightens rules for Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card replacements and adds new triggers for fraud investigations based on out-of-state spending patterns.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of data sharing to include lottery winnings and adds new federal data sources for eligibility checks, while extending the applicability of fraud investigations to recipients who make significant out-of-state purchases.

REQUIREMENT

Requires the Department of Economic Security to enter a data matching agreement with the Department of Revenue to identify households with lottery or gambling winnings of $3,000 or more.

Changed the review frequency for unemployment and wage changes from quarterly to monthly to detect eligibility changes faster.

Mandates monthly reviews of out-of-state EBT card transactions to identify potential residency changes.

Added a requirement to publicly post aggregated statistics on SNAP fraud investigations, including improper payments and recovered funds.

Updated EBT card replacement rules to require an interview for a fourth replacement card and added a new fraud investigation trigger for spending more than 10% of the balance out-of-state within six months.

ENFORCEMENT

Requires the department to contact individuals identified as making exclusive out-of-state purchases within 30 days and refer them to the U.S. Attorney's office if they do not reside in Arizona.

Floor votes · House Feb 16, 2026

How they voted

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

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 20, 2026

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors