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Panel reviews bill clarifying data-sharing exemptions to improve CalFresh enrollment

5431340 · July 15, 2025
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Summary

AB 593 would clarify narrow data-sharing exemptions to allow certain intergovernmental exchanges to improve CalFresh enrollment while protecting privacy; privacy advocates urged removing the Department of Corrections from the sharing list.

Assemblymember Wicks presented AB 593 to the committee as a narrowly scoped bill to clarify exemptions that permit limited intergovernmental data sharing for CalFresh administration and outreach. The bill is described by the author as a follow-up to AB 518 (prior year), intended to improve the methodology for measuring CalFresh participation and to expand targeted…

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