California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 907 — Electronic benefits transfer systems: farmers' markets.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 605, Statutes of 2022.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 02, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing federal law establishes 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 establishes a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, including CalFresh benefits. Existing law authorizes, to the extent and manner allowed by federal law and regulation, an interested collective group or association of produce sellers that is United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service authorized and actively participating in produce sales in a farmers' market, flea market, or certified farmers' market to initiate and operate an electronic benefit transfer acceptance system on behalf of its members. This bill would establish the Local, Equitable Access to Food (LEAF) Program and would require, upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, the Department of Food and Agriculture, with support from the State Department of Social Services, to establish a noncompetitive grant program designed to expand the use of EBT acceptance systems at California certified farmers' markets and tribe-operated farmers' markets on Indian reservations. The bill would, as part of that grant program, require grants to be provided to certified farmers' market operators or farmers' markets operated by tribal governments. The bill would limit the use of grant funds for specified activities relating to expanding the use of EBT acceptance systems at farmers' markets, including, among others, scaling and improving EBT processes at existing certified farmers' markets. The bill would create certain additional requirements for certified farmers' markets that use grant funds to hire an individual, or to contract with a third party, to operate an EBT acceptance system, including a requirement that the person operating the EBT acceptance system be available at all times the certified farmers' market is open to the public. The bill would also, as part of that grant program, require grants to be provided to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance to certified farmers' markets on the implementation of high-quality EBT acceptance systems. The bill would require nonprofit organizations that receive this grant to use grant funds to create materials that explain the EBT transaction process and translate those materials, as specified. The bill would also authorize the nonprofit organization to use grant funds for certain other purposes, including assisting certified farmers' markets in becoming authorized retailers under the CalFresh program. The bill would require the department to submit a report to all appropriate legislative committees 9 months after the department has issued sufficient grants to evaluate the program. The bill would prohibit the departments from using more than 5 percent of any funds appropriated for the purpose of these provisions on administrative costs.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 605, Statutes of 2022.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4934.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5944.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11).

  10. August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  14. Coauthors revised.

  15. Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and AGRI.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3930.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3774.) (May 19).

  21. Set for hearing May 19.

  22. May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

  23. Set for hearing May 16.

  24. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3538.) (April 27).

  26. Set for hearing April 27.

  27. April 28 hearing postponed by committee.

  28. Set for hearing April 28.

  29. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  30. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3253.) (March 29).

  31. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  32. Set for hearing March 29.

  33. Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and AGRI.

  34. Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)

  35. (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)

  36. Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.

  37. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.

  38. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Pan

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB907 Pan et al. Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 4000
Democratic 13000
Unaffiliated 22001
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Wilk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Min — Yea
Newman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Roth — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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SB 907 Pan Senate Third Reading By Calderon

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38001
Democratic 30002
Republican 8001
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Levine — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
McKinnor, Tina Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 7000
Unaffiliated 5002
Republican 0002
Total 12004
% of votes cast 75%0%0%25%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Vince Fong — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Not Voting

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5001
Republican 1000
Democratic 2002
Total 8003
% of votes cast 73%0%0%27%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Wood — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Not Voting
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture]

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 3000
Democratic 3001
Total 7001
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Waldron — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Special Consent SB907

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 13000
Unaffiliated 22001
Republican 4000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Min — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Newman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4001
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Bates — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 907 do?
Existing federal law establishes 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 establishes a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, including CalFresh benefits. Existing law authorizes, to the extent and manner allowed by federal law and regulation, an interested collective group or association of produce sellers that is United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service authorized and actively participating in produce sales in a farmers' market, flea market, or certified farmers' market to initiate and operate an electronic benefit transfer acceptance system on behalf of its members. This bill would establish the Local, Equitable Access to Food (LEAF) Program and would require, upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, the Department of Food and Agriculture, with support from the State Department of Social Services, to establish a noncompetitive grant program designed to expand the use of EBT acceptance systems at California certified farmers' markets and tribe-operated farmers' markets on Indian reservations. The bill would, as part of that grant program, require grants to be provided to certified farmers' market operators or farmers' markets operated by tribal governments. The bill would limit the use of grant funds for specified activities relating to expanding the use of EBT acceptance systems at farmers' markets, including, among others, scaling and improving EBT processes at existing certified farmers' markets. The bill would create certain additional requirements for certified farmers' markets that use grant funds to hire an individual, or to contract with a third party, to operate an EBT acceptance system, including a requirement that the person operating the EBT acceptance system be available at all times the certified farmers' market is open to the public. The bill would also, as part of that grant program, require grants to be provided to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance to certified farmers' markets on the implementation of high-quality EBT acceptance systems. The bill would require nonprofit organizations that receive this grant to use grant funds to create materials that explain the EBT transaction process and translate those materials, as specified. The bill would also authorize the nonprofit organization to use grant funds for certain other purposes, including assisting certified farmers' markets in becoming authorized retailers under the CalFresh program. The bill would require the department to submit a report to all appropriate legislative committees 9 months after the department has issued sufficient grants to evaluate the program. The bill would prohibit the departments from using more than 5 percent of any funds appropriated for the purpose of these provisions on administrative costs.
Who sponsors SB 907?
SB 907 is sponsored by Pan, Caballero, Anna M. (Democratic), Calderon, Lisa (Democratic), and McCarty.
What is the current status of SB 907?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 02, 2022. Enacted.
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