HB879
Public assistance; requests for records or information concerning applicants for and recipients.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 11, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB879)
Chief Patron:
Irene Shin (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Social Services; requests for records or information concerning applicants for and recipients of public assistance; public notice required.
Requires the Commissioner of Social Services or a local director of social services to make a public notice available on the Department of Social Services' website within 10 days of receiving a request for a record or information concerning 25 or more applicants for or recipients of public assistance or ... (More) child support for a purpose not directly connected to the administration of such programs. The bill establishes the form of such public notice and requires such notice to be made available (i) regardless of whether such information has been previously been shared; (ii) regardless of the identity of the requestor, unless such request is permitted under existing law; and (iii) even when a request is made in compliance with state and federal law and regulation. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104792D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB879)
- 01/29/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB879)
