CaliforniaStop Child Hunger Act of 2025.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 2Veto sustained.Latest
- Mar 2Stricken from file.
- 2025
- Oct 13In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
- Oct 13Vetoed by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Major
- Sep 16Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 9Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2714.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB411 Pérez et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 8In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 411 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Lee. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3004.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jul 16(Corrected July 21).
- Jul 16From 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.Minor
- Jul 16Coauthors revised.
- Jul 15
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 7Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.Major
- Jul 3From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2).Major
- Jul 2
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUM. S.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1292.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23).Major
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- May 5May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25Set for hearing May 5.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 811.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 2From 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.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 20From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
- Mar 19Set for hearing April 2.
- Feb 26Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S.Minor
- Feb 18From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- Feb 14Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced