Richard Pan
- Democratic
Author
Existing federal law establishes the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law establishes a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, including CalFresh benefits. Existing law authorizes, to the extent and manner allowed by federal law and regulation, an interested collective group or association of produce sellers that is United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service authorized and actively participating in produce sales in a farmers' market, flea market, or certified farmers' market to initiate and operate an electronic benefit transfer acceptance system on behalf of its members. This bill would establish the Local, Equitable Access to Food (LEAF) Program and would require, upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, the Department of Food and Agriculture, with support from the State Department of Social Services, to establish a noncompetitive grant program designed to expand the use of EBT acceptance systems at California certified farmers' markets and tribe-operated farmers' markets on Indian reservations. The bill would, as part of that grant program, require grants to be provided to certified farmers' market operators or farmers' markets operated by tribal governments. The bill would limit the use of grant funds for specified activities relating to expanding the use of EBT acceptance systems at farmers' markets, including, among others, scaling and improving EBT processes at existing certified farmers' markets. The bill would create certain additional requirements for certified farmers' markets that use grant funds to hire an individual, or to contract with a third party, to operate an EBT acceptance system, including a requirement that the person operating the EBT acceptance system be available at all times the certified farmers' market is open to the public. The bill would also, as part of that grant program, require grants to be provided to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance to certified farmers' markets on the implementation of high-quality EBT acceptance systems. The bill would require nonprofit organizations that receive this grant to use grant funds to create materials that explain the EBT transaction process and translate those materials, as specified. The bill would also authorize the nonprofit organization to use grant funds for certain other purposes, including assisting certified farmers' markets in becoming authorized retailers under the CalFresh program. The bill would require the department to submit a report to all appropriate legislative committees 9 months after the department has issued sufficient grants to evaluate the program. The bill would prohibit the departments from using more than 5 percent of any funds appropriated for the purpose of these provisions on administrative costs.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 605, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4934.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5944.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
Coauthors revised.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3930.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3774.) (May 19).
Set for hearing May 19.
May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 16.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3538.) (April 27).
Set for hearing April 27.
April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 28.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3253.) (March 29).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Set for hearing March 29.
(Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB907 | HTML |
| 02/02/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/22/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/31/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/02/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/21/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/24/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/25/22- Senate Human Services | |
| 04/22/22- Senate Agriculture | |
| 05/13/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/21/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/22- Assembly Human Services | |
| 06/28/22- Assembly Agriculture | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/19/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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