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Assembly committee backs bill to fund state survey expansion to track food insecurity
California State Assembly — Higher Education Committee · April 14, 2026
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Summary
AB 1734 would fund and expand the California Health Interview Survey to better measure food insecurity (raising eligibility to 400% of the federal poverty level) after the suspension of the federal survey; witnesses estimated the two‑year pilot at $287,000 and emphasized the need for state action.
Assemblymember Stephanie presented AB 1734, the Count Hunger Act, saying the federal household food security survey had been defunded and California must step in to preserve data used to identify food…
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