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Measure
Authors Jones  
Subject CalFood Program.
Relating To relating to public social services.
Title An act to amend Section 18995 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
Last Action Dt 2026-03-25
State Amended Senate
Status In Committee Process
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Bill Actions
2026-03-25     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-03-04     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-23     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-23     Read first time.
2026-02-20     Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Amended Senate     2026-03-25
Introduced     2026-02-20
Analyses TBD
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Existing law establishes the CalFood Program, administered by the State Department of Social Services, and requires the CalFood Program to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks established pursuant to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program whose ongoing primary function is to facilitate the distribution of food to low-income households, as specified.

This bill would additionally require the CalFood Program to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks that are members of the nonprofit organization Feeding America that are based in California or members of the California Association of Food Banks, as specified.