The Assembly Higher Education Committee advanced AB 1734 on Tuesday, moving the Count Hunger Act ahead with a stated $287,000 request tied to California food insecurity research.
According to the committee hearing and vote record on the Assembly video archive, the bill would support and expand state hunger-data work, including parts of UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey. During the hearing, lawmakers and supporters said the funding is needed after the author said federal hunger data collection had been cut.
The committee sent the measure on a due-pass vote to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. The hearing record also shows the budget request amount discussed as $287,000.
AB 1734 was one of several higher education measures heard that day, but it stood out for pairing policy language with a specific funding request for food insecurity research. The excerpted record does not show the full budget item description or whether the request is already part of a formal budget package.
