Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish and administer the State Emergency Food Assistance Program (SEFAP) , to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks, as provided. Existing law creates the State Emergency Food Assistance Program Account and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocates the moneys in the account to SEFAP and requires that those moneys be used for the purchase, storage, and transportation of food grown or produced in California and for the department's administrative costs.
California AB 1577 (20152016) — CalFood Program: CalFood Account.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish and administer the State Emergency Food Assistance Program (SEFAP) , to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks, as provided. Existing law creates the State Emergency Food Assistance Program Account and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocates the moneys in the account to SEFAP and requires that those moneys be used for the purchase, storage, and transportation of food grown or produced in California and for the department's administrative costs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1577 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Baker — coauthor (person)
Berryhill — coauthor (person)
Brough — coauthor (person)
Cannella — coauthor (person)
Chávez — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
Galgiani — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Kim — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Olsen — coauthor (person)
Patterson — coauthor (person)
Salas — coauthor (person)
Steinorth — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
2016-02-01 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-02-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-02-04 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-03-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-10 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-03-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5085.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2016-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-04 From Consent Calendar.
2016-08-04 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-10 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5242.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6287.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
2016-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89804002-d42d-4d89-a6bd-98d4e9d96c86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).