State To Rename Food Stamp Program

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The California state legislature seeks to re-name the food stamp program. The new name?:
Cal Fresh

AB 1400, as introduced, Committee on Human Services. CalFresh.
Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program,
under which nutrition assistance benefits, formerly referred to as
food stamps, are allocated to each state by the federal government.
Under existing state law, pursuant to the Food Stamp program,
California's federal allocation is distributed to eligible
individuals by each county.
Existing law required the State Department of Social Services to
propose a new name for the Food Stamp program in California by July
1, 2009, with the new name to reflect one or more designated concepts
relating to the operation and significance of the program. Pursuant
to this statutory authorization, the department has renamed the Food
Stamp program in California as CalFresh.
This bill would delete statutory references to the Food Stamp
program and instead refer to CalFresh, and also make conforming
changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.

On a side note, this bill may be heard in committee on April Fools Day