# 119-hr-4158: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025

119-hr-4158, Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4158
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Permanently bans fees on SNAP EBT transactions.** This bill would prohibit States and their agents, contractors, or subcontractors from imposing fees tied to SNAP electronic benefit transfer processing and would take effect October 1, 2025. - Families and SNAP households: Would not face fees when using EBT benefits at checkout or for switching or routing transactions. - Retailers authorized to accept SNAP: Could not be required to pay fees for EBT transaction processing as a condition of participation. - States and contractors: Would be limited in recovering EBT processing costs through transaction fees, though fees for equipment rentals are still allowed. - Federal rules and law: The bill would supersede the relevant provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 and any agency actions taken under that authority.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No state fees on SNAP EBT at stores: benefit, medium. If enacted, states and their contractors would be barred from charging stores fees to process SNAP EBT. The ban would cover fees for switching or routing EBT transactions tied to certain state implementation costs. It would not stop charges for equipment rentals. This would override parts of the 20…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4158 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4158)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4158 (as of 2026-04-21).