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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1618: Food insecurity survey.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1618 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Food insecurity survey. Primary sponsor: Chris Rogers (D). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): In committee: Held under submission.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes various food assistance programs, including, among others, 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 law declares that it is the established policy of the state that every human being has the right to access sufficient affordable and healthy food. Existing law defines “food insecurity” to mean the occasional or constant lack of access to the food one needs to live a healthy life and the uncertainty of being able to acquire enough food to meet the needs of an individual or household due to insufficient money or other resources.

This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to annually conduct a statewide survey to assess food insecurity in the state, modeled after a specified federal survey. The bill would require the first statewide food insecurity survey to be completed on or before July 1, 2028. The bill would require the department, on or before October 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, to make the results of the statewide food insecurity survey publicly available on its internet website. The bill would authorize the department to collaborate or contract with a public research institution or other external vendor to implement these provisions. The bill would prohibit the department from conducting a statewide food insecurity survey during a year in which a federal food security survey is conducted, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RogersPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly2
Jesse ArreguínCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Laurie DaviesCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly74
Robert GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly50
Jeff GonzalezCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly36
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
José Luis SolacheCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly62
Catherine StefaniCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly19

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Held under submission.
  2. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  3. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. Read second time and amended.
  5. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 10).
  6. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
  7. From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
  8. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page