CA AB 777
enactedFood assistance: disasters: utilities.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 777 pass?
Yes. CA AB 777 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 777 about?
Existing federal law provides for 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 federal law, through the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) , provides for short-term food assistance benefits to families suffering in the wake of a major disaster. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services and the county human services agency, if the President of the United States issues a major disaster declaration for individual assistance, to request to operate D-SNAP for the regions affected by the major disaster. Existing uncodified law, in the event of a declaration by the Governor or the President of the United States of a major disaster, continuously appropriates to the department from the General Fund an amount necessary to cover specified costs relating to the administration of disaster food assistance services, but not to exceed $300,000 per disaster declaration. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. This bill would authorize the commission and the governing boards of local publicly owned electric utilities to establish any memoranda of understanding or other agreements necessary to direct electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to timely provide data to the department to maximize food assistance, as provided. The bill would require electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to make a reasonable effort to provide aggregated customer outage data, for outages of 4 hours or longer, within 7 calendar days of a request from the department, as specified. The bill would require the department to maximize the amount of assistance requested and received through D-SNAP and all other federally funded nutrition assistance, including utilizing that provided utility data, in order to timely seek automated mass replacement of specified federally funded nutrition assistance programs. The bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2026, to submit a report to the Legislature related to food assistance, as specified. This bill would require electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to have a point of contact for the department as necessary to provide the requested data. The bill would require the commission to provide technical assistance to the department, including technical assistance to support the above-described report. Because a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, and by imposing additional duties on local publicly owned electric utilities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
Who sponsors CA AB 777?
Celeste Rodriguez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 777, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing federal law provides for 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 federal law, through the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) , provides for short-term food assistance benefits to families suffering in the wake of a major disaster. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services and the county human services agency, if the President of the United States issues a major disaster declaration for individual assistance, to request to operate D-SNAP for the regions affected by the major disaster. Existing uncodified law, in the event of a declaration by the Governor or the President of the United States of a major disaster, continuously appropriates to the department from the General Fund an amount necessary to cover specified costs relating to the administration of disaster food assistance services, but not to exceed $300,000 per disaster declaration. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. This bill would authorize the commission and the governing boards of local publicly owned electric utilities to establish any memoranda of understanding or other agreements necessary to direct electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to timely provide data to the department to maximize food assistance, as provided. The bill would require electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to make a reasonable effort to provide aggregated customer outage data, for outages of 4 hours or longer, within 7 calendar days of a request from the department, as specified. The bill would require the department to maximize the amount of assistance requested and received through D-SNAP and all other federally funded nutrition assistance, including utilizing that provided utility data, in order to timely seek automated mass replacement of specified federally funded nutrition assistance programs. The bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2026, to submit a report to the Legislature related to food assistance, as specified. This bill would require electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to have a point of contact for the department as necessary to provide the requested data. The bill would require the commission to provide technical assistance to the department, including technical assistance to support the above-described report. Because a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, and by imposing additional duties on local publicly owned electric utilities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-03
- Latest action
- 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Celeste Rodriguezauthor
- Sterncoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-18
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-02
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-03
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
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2025-04-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-28
Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29).
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2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
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2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-23
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.)
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2025-05-23
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-04
Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and HUMAN S.
referral-committee
2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
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2025-07-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-13
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-08-25
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2813.).
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2025-09-10
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3334.).
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
- 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-03Compare
- 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-24Compare
- 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
- 07/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-02Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
- 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-23 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Chen: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Patterson: yes
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lee: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Calderon: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
AB 777 Celeste Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-23 · pass · 71-0
Member-level votes (79)
- DeMaio: yes
- Davies: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bains: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Nguyen: other
- Ellis: other
- Schultz: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Wicks: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]
2025-07-01 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Hurtado: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Becker: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-07 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Limón: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Becker: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: other
Do pass
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
3rd Reading AB777 Celeste Rodriguez By Stern
2025-09-10 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Jones: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
AB 777 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 80-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
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