House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to streamline nutrition access for older adults and adults with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8256.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 65, April 14, 2026, Page H2886):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8256, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), William Keating (D-MA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
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- H.J.Res. 189 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.Res. 856 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and…
Related bills
- S. 4286 (119th) Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.