Food assistance: disasters: utilities.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Sent to Executive
8. Enacted

Summary

The law requires electric utilities, both investor‑owned and publicly owned, to provide the Department of Social Services with ZIP‑code level outage information for outages lasting four hours or more within seven days of a request. The department will use that data to maximize SNAP, D‑SNAP and other federal nutrition benefits during disasters, and must report its findings to the Legislature by Dec. 31 2026.

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Vote

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3334.). · Sep 11, 2025

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 29, 2025
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 25, 2025
• Human Services Committee Hearing
  Human Services · Jul 7, 2025
• Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Hearing
  Energy, Utilities and Communications · Jul 1, 2025
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 14, 2025

History

1. Oct 13, 2025Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2025.
2. Oct 13, 2025Approved by the Governor.
3. Sep 23, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. Sep 11, 2025Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3334.).
5. Sep 10, 2025Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2813.).
6. Sep 10, 2025In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. Sep 8, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
8. Sep 5, 2025Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
9. Aug 29, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. Aug 29, 2025From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
11. Aug 25, 2025In committee: Referred to suspense file.
12. Aug 13, 2025In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

The 12 most recent of 32 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Celeste Rodriguez · sponsor
• Stern

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