New

The Legislative Outreach Center is live. Hours of hunting down legislator and staff emails, now a few clicks.

See What's New
Home/Bills/AB 2535California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
Assembly BillIntroducedWelfare and Institutions

AB 2535: School meals: State Healthy Food Access Policy.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified June 8, 2026

What AB 2535 does, verified June 8, 2026

This bill aims to revise California's established policy of ensuring every human being has the right to access sufficient affordable and healthy food. The bill requires state agencies to consider this policy when distributing food assistance, with a focus on locally grown and raised food. The state agencies must identify opportunities to improve farm-to-fork infrastructure in public programs, such as school meals and nutrition initiatives. The bill also encourages universities and colleges to consider the policy in their food services and student nutrition guidelines and procurement practices.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: In committee: Held under submission. (2026-05-14)Alert me
Recent actions9 total · showing 5
May. 14, 2026In committee: Held under submission.
May. 14, 2026Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
May. 13, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Apr. 23, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Mar. 17, 2026Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
Full action history, 4 earlier actionsConnect Plus
GovBuddy Demo

See how GovBuddy fits your team.

Share a few details and our team will follow up with a focused walkthrough.