Scott Wiener
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 11
Author
The federal Reception and Placement Program (RPP) under the United States Department of State is established to serve refugees during their first 3 months after arrival in the United States, through contracts with local resettlement agencies to provide various services using federal funds. Existing state law requires the State Department of Social Services, after setting aside the necessary state administrative funds, to allocate federal funds appropriated for refugee social services programs to each eligible county or service provider, as defined, based on the number of refugees receiving aid, or who reside, in the eligible county. If an eligible county or service provider that receives funds declines all or part of those funds, or returns unexpended funds, existing law authorizes the department to exercise its discretion to reallocate the declined or returned funds among eligible counties and service providers. Existing law conditions the applicability of the requirements under these provisions on the availability of federal funds. This bill would make those requirements also applicable if state funds are available subject to an appropriation. Under the bill, if a refugee recipient of refugee social services under RPP completes 90 days of those services and exhausts the federal funds allocated for that recipient, the recipient would be eligible for a 90-day extension of those services using state funds within the first 12 months of arrival in the United States. The bill would require that services covered pursuant to these provisions include (1) English language and employment training and (2) case management services, as specified. The bill would authorize a qualified nonprofit organization, an eligible county, or any office or affiliate of the agencies authorized under RPP to provide these services. The bill would also make conforming changes to related provisions.
Vetoed by the Governor.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5504.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 6541.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15).
July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11).
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 3035.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 3011.) (January 18).
Set for hearing January 18.
May 18 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 876.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Set for hearing April 24.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB85 | HTML |
| 01/13/23 - Introduced | |
| 02/23/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/17/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/18/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/29/24 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/21/23- Senate Human Services | |
| 05/05/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 01/24/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/09/24- Assembly Human Services | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/27/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 10/16/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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