Congress quietly expands food stamps to include hot rotisserie chicken
S. 4367 — Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act · Filed by Jim Justice (R-WV) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends the federal food stamp program (SNAP) to explicitly add hot rotisserie chicken to the list of foods eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits. Currently, SNAP covers most prepared foods only if they are cold; this change would allow beneficiaries to use their benefits to buy hot rotisserie chicken from grocery stores and other retailers.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative function is to expand the category of foods eligible for purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by adding a specific prepared food item.
What the text implies
- The bill's text contains apparent drafting damage or processing artifacts ('by inserting hot rotisserie chicken and before those authorized' is grammatically incomplete; 'by striking clauses and inserting paragraphs' lacks clear referents). The actual amendment mechanism cannot be fully reconstructed from the text as presented.
- If enacted, this change would require SNAP retailers to stock and sell hot rotisserie chicken, potentially shifting retail inventory and labor practices at grocery stores and convenience stores participating in SNAP.
- The bill does not specify whether the price cap or reimbursement rate for hot rotisserie chicken would differ from other eligible prepared foods, creating potential ambiguity in implementation.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Low-income SNAP beneficiaries gain access to an additional food option (hot rotisserie chicken), expanding their purchasing choices and potentially improving nutrition access to prepared protein. The change imposes no new restrictions on citizens and creates no new costs to the public.
Who stands to gain
- grocery retailers and supermarkets (increased SNAP-eligible sales volume)
- rotisserie chicken suppliers and food manufacturers
Named in the bill
USDA, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
- Apr 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Apr 21, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
9 lobbying clients named this bill on 9 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $879,400 in lobbying spend. A filing names 9 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 89% of bills with at least one filing.
Jim Justice, the sponsor, reported $34,750 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Kroger Co — $350,000 on 1 filing
- Autodesk Inc — $260,000 on 1 filing
- County of San Bernardino, Ca — $62,400 on 1 filing
- Autodesk, Inc — $60,000 on 1 filing
- San Antonio River Authority — $40,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (319 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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