BILL NUMBER: AB 1914	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1914, as introduced, Davis. Public social services: emergency
food stamp benefits.
   Existing law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), under which food stamps are allocated to the state by
the federal government and are distributed to eligible households by
each county. Existing law requires, to the extent provided by
federal law, that food stamp benefits be provided on an expedited
basis to households determined to be in immediate need of food
assistance.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the state to provide emergency food
stamp benefits to those waiting for their unemployment benefits or an
extension of unemployment benefits to become available.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the state to provide emergency food
stamp benefits to those waiting for their unemployment benefits or an
extension of unemployment benefits to become available.