This bill aims to tighten regulations on machines that make opioids by requiring detailed records of their parts and transactions. It is designed to help control the production of dangerous drugs.
Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025This bill prohibits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to purchase certain beverages (e. g., soda) and snack foods. Specifically, SNAP benefits may only be used to purchase a beverage that is nonalcoholic and is (1) water, (2) cow's milk, (3) a milk-substitute beverage (e. g., almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk), or (4) 100% juice. Further, the bill prohibits the use of benefits to purchase snack and dessert food items which are included on the Food and Nutrition Service's Accessory Foods List that went into effect on March 5, 2018. Examples of snack and dessert foods on the list include potato and tortilla chips, ice cream, candy, snack cakes and pastries, and packaged baking mixes for cakes, brownies, and muffins. In addition, on the request of a state agency, the Department of Agriculture must allow the state agency to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase food that the applicable state nutrition agency determines to be unhealthy food.
1. This bill changes the law to include critical parts of tableting and encapsulating machines under regulation. 2. It requires detailed records of transactions involving these machines and their critical parts. 3. The bill aims to prevent misuse of machines that produce opioids and other controlled substances. 4. It expands the definition of regulated items to include specific machine components. 5. The Attorney General will set rules for how these records should be kept.