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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5722: Local farming grant program

Creating a grant program to promote local workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency.

Summary

  • Creates a grant program, administered by the Employment Security Department, for certain farmers of handpicked specialty crops.
  • Provides that a grant to a farm may be in an amount up to the equivalent of eight weeks of their paid overtime hours during their peak harvest season, up to $40,000.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5722), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)
Introduced
February 11, 2025 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to creating a grant program to promote local workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)

5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mike Chapman D-24Bob Hasegawa D-11Liz Lovelett D-40Yasmin Trudeau D-27Javier Valdez D-46

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Referred to Ways & Means.
  3. Minority; without recommendation.
  4. Minority; do not pass.
  5. And refer to Ways & Means.
  6. LC - Majority; do pass.
  7. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 5722 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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