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CA SB 411

vetoed

Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 411 pass?

No. CA SB 411 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Stricken from file.

What is CA SB 411 about?

Existing federal law establishes the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program, under which pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals receive $40 per month, with specified adjustments, during summer months for grocery benefits. Existing federal regulations require, by 2025, the designated state agency to make a Summer EBT application available to households whose children are enrolled in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and who do not already have an individual eligibility determination. Existing state law requires the State Department of Social Services, as the lead agency in partnership with the State Department of Education, to maximize participation in the Summer EBT program. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools to make paper applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils at all times during each regular schoolday. Existing law authorizes those entities to make an application electronically available online if the online application complies with certain requirements, including, among others, the inclusion of links to certain internet websites providing information on, and applications for, other government programs, such as CalFresh. This bill, the Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025, would require, upon an appropriation made by the Legislature, the State Department of Education, with support from the State Department of Social Services, to comply with the above-described federal regulations by developing, and providing families with, a statewide application that is made available through a single statewide internet website that enables families to submit federally required information relating to the Summer EBT program, as specified. The bill would require the internet website to, among other things, have the capability of routing a family's completed information to the family's local educational agency to determine Summer EBT eligibility. The bill would require the governing board of a school district, a county superintendent of schools, and the governing body of a charter school to make the above-described paper applications available if required by federal law and guidance, as specified. The bill would require the governing board of a school district, a county office of education, the governing body of a charter school, or a school food authority that provides an application online for free or reduced-price meals, as described above, to also provide links to the internet website providing information about the Summer EBT program. To the extent that the bill would create new duties for local educational agencies or county or other local officials, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA SB 411?

Pérez is the primary sponsor of CA SB 411, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing federal law establishes the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program, under which pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals receive $40 per month, with specified adjustments, during summer months for grocery benefits. Existing federal regulations require, by 2025, the designated state agency to make a Summer EBT application available to households whose children are enrolled in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and who do not already have an individual eligibility determination. Existing state law requires the State Department of Social Services, as the lead agency in partnership with the State Department of Education, to maximize participation in the Summer EBT program. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools to make paper applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils at all times during each regular schoolday. Existing law authorizes those entities to make an application electronically available online if the online application complies with certain requirements, including, among others, the inclusion of links to certain internet websites providing information on, and applications for, other government programs, such as CalFresh. This bill, the Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025, would require, upon an appropriation made by the Legislature, the State Department of Education, with support from the State Department of Social Services, to comply with the above-described federal regulations by developing, and providing families with, a statewide application that is made available through a single statewide internet website that enables families to submit federally required information relating to the Summer EBT program, as specified. The bill would require the internet website to, among other things, have the capability of routing a family's completed information to the family's local educational agency to determine Summer EBT eligibility. The bill would require the governing board of a school district, a county superintendent of schools, and the governing body of a charter school to make the above-described paper applications available if required by federal law and guidance, as specified. The bill would require the governing board of a school district, a county office of education, the governing body of a charter school, or a school food authority that provides an application online for free or reduced-price meals, as described above, to also provide links to the internet website providing information about the Summer EBT program. To the extent that the bill would create new duties for local educational agencies or county or other local officials, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-02-14
Latest action
2026-03-02 — Stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pérezauthor
  • Gabrielcoauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Ochoa Boghcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-02

    Stricken from file.

  2. 2026-03-02

    Veto sustained.

  3. 2025-10-13

    In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  4. 2025-10-13

    Vetoed by the Governor.

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  5. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  6. 2025-09-09

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2714.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  7. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3004.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  12. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-07-16

    (Corrected July 21).

  14. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-07-16

    Coauthors revised.

  16. 2025-07-07

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  17. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  18. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUM. S.

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  19. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  20. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1292.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  21. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23).

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  23. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  24. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  25. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  26. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  27. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 811.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  28. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 21.

  29. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 633.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  30. 2025-03-20

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  31. 2025-03-19

    Set for hearing April 2.

  32. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S.

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  33. 2025-02-18

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  34. 2025-02-14

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 03/20/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-20Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • SB411Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-21 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-02 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Addis: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-15 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Jackson: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other

  • SB 411 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Lee

    2025-09-08 · pass · 79-0

    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
    • 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
    • Nguyen: other

  • Unfinished Business SB411 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes

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