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Bill	State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.	Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, subject to appropriation, to administer the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program in order to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food and related costs to food banks serving low-income Californians to prevent hunger during natural or human-made disasters, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to distribute funds under the program upon a proclamation or declaration of a disaster or state of emergency.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 798	California AB 798 (20252026)	bill	StateEmergencyFoodBankReserveProgram diapersandwipes	enacted	Calderon	8	26	8	2025-02-18	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/df80ff65-1af8-4d78-b0aa-5c143f2eeb7c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB798	a764d83c1c6456352f17b81129ea0852dd5e9fa8343e90218b8ae1d404d92467	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 798 (20252026) — State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, subject to appropriation, to administer the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program in order to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food and related costs to food banks serving low-income Californians to prevent hunger during natural or human-made disasters, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to distribute funds under the program upon a proclamation or declaration of a disaster or state of emergency.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/18/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB798 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB798 Calderon et al. By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 798 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 798 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calderon — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Richardson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1981.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2798.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3302.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df80ff65-1af8-4d78-b0aa-5c143f2eeb7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).