Bill Text: CA SB465 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Refugees.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 399, Statutes of 2023. [SB465 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB465-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 465

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Introduced by Senator Wahab
(Coauthors: Senators Rubio and Umberg)

February 13, 2023

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An act relating to public social services.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 465, as introduced, Wahab. Refugees.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to allocate federal funds appropriated for refugee social services programs to each eligible county, and authorizes the department, to the extent permitted by federal law, to contract with or award grants to a qualified nonprofit organization for the purpose of administering refugee social services within a county.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a refugee centralization access department to facilitate access to resources for refugees.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

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 create a refugee centralization access department to facilitate access to resources for refugees.