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type: "Bill"
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title: "Food assistance: disasters: utilities."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 777"
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citation: "California AB 777 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Foodassistance", "disasters", "utilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Celeste Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/427ddb44-5dd3-4e32-99a8-f10ca7b1e35d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777"
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source_hash: "cd4360c7e6e82346242d9446f48007576b97a7d07bb256efeec4a397387463fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 777 (20252026) — Food assistance: disasters: utilities.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77799INT)
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2. **04/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77798AMD)
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3. **04/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77797AMD)
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4. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77796AMD)
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5. **07/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77795AMD)
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6. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77794AMD)
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7. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77792CHP)
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8. **AB777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777)
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9. **09/15/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB777&version=20250AB77793ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 777 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 777 Celeste Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB777 Celeste Rodriguez By Stern — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Celeste Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- Stern — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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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, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-08-25** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2813.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3334.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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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. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/427ddb44-5dd3-4e32-99a8-f10ca7b1e35d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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