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Authors Celeste Rodriguez  
Coauthors: Lee  
Subject California Food Assistance Program: sponsor deeming rules.
Relating To relating to food assistance.
Title An act to amend Section 18932 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to food assistance.
Last Action Dt 2025-02-20
State Introduced
Status Pending Referral
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2026-01-29     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15.)
2026-01-29     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-01-22     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (January 22).
2026-01-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-22     Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2025-05-23     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-23     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-09     Coauthors revised.
2025-04-09     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
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Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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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 state law establishes, in addition to CalFresh, the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) to provide nutrition benefits to households that are ineligible for CalFresh benefits solely due to their immigration status, as specified. Existing law sets forth provisions relating to state funding for CFAP.

Under existing federal and state law, in determining the eligibility and amount of aid for a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States under certain public social services programs, the income and resources of the person are deemed to include the income and resources of any person who has executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the person and the spouse of that person, with certain exemptions.

Existing state law requires that federal deeming rules and exemptions governing SNAP also govern CFAP, with certain exceptions.