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    AB-1476
    Social Services

    Meal program: senior citizens.

    Enrolled
    CA
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    2025-2026 Regular Session
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    Key Takeaways

    • Mandates at least one meal daily, five days a week, in person or to-go for virtual congregate use.
    • Removes RDAs requirement for additional meals beyond the minimum.
    • Adds a path for home-delivered meals under federal Home Delivered Nutrition Services.
    • Introduces virtual congregate setting concept without defined standards.

    Summary

    Assembly Member Wallis, joined by Assembly Member Ahrens, proposes a revision of California’s senior nutrition framework that alters how meals are delivered to eligible older adults and aligns home-delivered meals with federal program rules.

    The core change directs the state plan to mandate that nutrition projects for individuals aged 60 and older provide at least one meal per day for five or more days per week, with meals delivered in one of two ways: in-person or via to-go pickup intended for consumption in a virtual congregate setting by eligible individuals. The bill retains the option for contracting agencies to provide additional meals beyond the minimum, but it removes the requirement that those extra meals meet federal recommended dietary allowances. The proposal also preserves existing eligibility, site proximity, transportation, administrative, and nutrition education provisions, while emphasizing administrative methods to maximize participation and opportunities to address dietary needs arising from health, religious, or ethnic considerations.

    A new provision adds a separate path for meals served outside of in-person or virtual congregate settings, allowing them to be provided under the federal Home Delivered Nutrition Services program, with compliance to the federal requirements governing that program. This creates a federal-aligned mechanism for home-delivered meals, described as not constrained by other state-law provisions when enacted under the Home Delivered Nutrition Services framework. The bill thereby links state planning and oversight with federal program rules for home-delivered meals, while continuing to operate within the aging services structure governed by state agencies and advisory bodies.

    Implementation and oversight would continue under the existing California Department of Aging and the California Commission on Aging, with state-plan development and input from older Californians and field professionals. The bill requires fiscal review, but does not specify new state funding or appropriations within the text, leaving cost considerations to ongoing fiscal analysis and potential federal funding participation. Ambiguities exist around the operational definition of a “virtual congregate setting” and the transition mechanics between state-delivered and federally funded home-delivered meals, and there is no explicit effective date noted in the text. The enacted framework would depend on the enrolled measure’s final language and standard state-enactment timing.

    Key Dates

    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1476 Wallis Concurrence in Senate Amendments
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Senate Floor
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Special Consent AB1476 Wallis et al. By Arreguín
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass as amended
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Placed on suspense file
    Senate Human Services Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Human Services Hearing
    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1476 Wallis Assembly Third Reading
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass
    Assembly Aging And Long-term Care Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Aging And Long-term Care Hearing
    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
    Introduced
    Assembly Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To print.

    Contacts

    Profile
    Greg WallisR
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Patrick AhrensD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
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    Greg WallisR
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
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    Patrick AhrensD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author

    Similar Past Legislation

    Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
    AB-2410
    Meal program: senior citizens.
    February 2024
    Failed
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    Introduced By

    Greg Wallis
    Greg WallisR
    California State Assembly Member
    Co-Author
    Patrick Ahrens
    Patrick AhrensD
    California State Assembly Member
    70% progression
    Bill has passed both houses in identical form and is being prepared for the Governor (9/12/2025)

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    September 12, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    800080PASS

    Key Takeaways

    • Mandates at least one meal daily, five days a week, in person or to-go for virtual congregate use.
    • Removes RDAs requirement for additional meals beyond the minimum.
    • Adds a path for home-delivered meals under federal Home Delivered Nutrition Services.
    • Introduces virtual congregate setting concept without defined standards.

    Get Involved

    Act Now!

    Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

    Introduced By

    Greg Wallis
    Greg WallisR
    California State Assembly Member
    Co-Author
    Patrick Ahrens
    Patrick AhrensD
    California State Assembly Member

    Summary

    Assembly Member Wallis, joined by Assembly Member Ahrens, proposes a revision of California’s senior nutrition framework that alters how meals are delivered to eligible older adults and aligns home-delivered meals with federal program rules.

    The core change directs the state plan to mandate that nutrition projects for individuals aged 60 and older provide at least one meal per day for five or more days per week, with meals delivered in one of two ways: in-person or via to-go pickup intended for consumption in a virtual congregate setting by eligible individuals. The bill retains the option for contracting agencies to provide additional meals beyond the minimum, but it removes the requirement that those extra meals meet federal recommended dietary allowances. The proposal also preserves existing eligibility, site proximity, transportation, administrative, and nutrition education provisions, while emphasizing administrative methods to maximize participation and opportunities to address dietary needs arising from health, religious, or ethnic considerations.

    A new provision adds a separate path for meals served outside of in-person or virtual congregate settings, allowing them to be provided under the federal Home Delivered Nutrition Services program, with compliance to the federal requirements governing that program. This creates a federal-aligned mechanism for home-delivered meals, described as not constrained by other state-law provisions when enacted under the Home Delivered Nutrition Services framework. The bill thereby links state planning and oversight with federal program rules for home-delivered meals, while continuing to operate within the aging services structure governed by state agencies and advisory bodies.

    Implementation and oversight would continue under the existing California Department of Aging and the California Commission on Aging, with state-plan development and input from older Californians and field professionals. The bill requires fiscal review, but does not specify new state funding or appropriations within the text, leaving cost considerations to ongoing fiscal analysis and potential federal funding participation. Ambiguities exist around the operational definition of a “virtual congregate setting” and the transition mechanics between state-delivered and federally funded home-delivered meals, and there is no explicit effective date noted in the text. The enacted framework would depend on the enrolled measure’s final language and standard state-enactment timing.

    70% progression
    Bill has passed both houses in identical form and is being prepared for the Governor (9/12/2025)

    Key Dates

    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1476 Wallis Concurrence in Senate Amendments
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Senate Floor
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Special Consent AB1476 Wallis et al. By Arreguín
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass as amended
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Appropriations Hearing
    Placed on suspense file
    Senate Human Services Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Human Services Hearing
    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1476 Wallis Assembly Third Reading
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass
    Assembly Aging And Long-term Care Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Aging And Long-term Care Hearing
    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
    Introduced
    Assembly Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To print.

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    September 12, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    800080PASS

    Contacts

    Profile
    Greg WallisR
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Patrick AhrensD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    0 of 2 row(s) selected.
    Page 1 of 1
    Select All Legislators
    Profile
    Greg WallisR
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Profile
    Patrick AhrensD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author

    Similar Past Legislation

    Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
    AB-2410
    Meal program: senior citizens.
    February 2024
    Failed
    View Bill
    Showing 1 of 1 items
    Page 1 of 1