Buffy Wicks
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 14
Author
Existing federal law establishes the 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 requires the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services to work together with specified stakeholders to develop a proposed statewide process for using data collected for purposes of the CalFresh program, Medi-Cal, free and reduced-price school meals programs, and the electronic benefits transfer system in order to increase enrollment in the CalFresh program, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the State Department of Social Services, under CalFresh provisions, to administer outreach programs and adopt rules and regulations requiring counties to conduct outreach programs to the extent permitted by federal law and eligible for federal financial participation. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with various stakeholders, on or before July 1, 2025, to develop a methodology for estimating the CalFresh participation rate and identifying characteristics of Californians who are eligible for, but not receiving, CalFresh benefits. The bill would require the department to utilize the data and metrics to develop informed and targeted outreach strategies and to maximize federal funding for CalFresh outreach to reach Californians who are eligible for CalFresh benefits. The bill would also authorize the department to identify data-sharing opportunities with other state and local public entities, and any other unit of state government, for the purposes of improving the administration of CalFresh, increasing CalFresh participation, measuring the impact of CalFresh, and increasing access to critical public health and poverty-alleviating services and other services and benefits available to low-income individuals.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 910, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 4.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28).
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.)
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 2051.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB518 | HTML |
| 02/07/23 - Introduced | |
| 04/04/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/03/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/08/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/05/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/11/23- Assembly Insurance | |
| 04/24/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/19/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/27/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 08/11/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/02/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/11/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/27/24- Senate Human Services | |
| 08/28/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/29/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/31/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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