BILL NUMBER: AB 1914INTRODUCED 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.