---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food Stamp Program: categorical eligibility."
description: "Food Stamp Program: categorical eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 433"
citation: "California AB 433 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food Stamp Program: categorical eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-16"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7744db4e-6b1a-46d7-bd05-dd8e01357dae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433"
source_hash: "66d065c45b285cb64e82b4169720d94afc2c453ca016d156cf984c11486eaca0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 433 (20072008) — Food Stamp Program: categorical eligibility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433&version=20070AB43399INT)
2. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433&version=20070AB43398AMD)
3. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433&version=20070AB43397AMD)
4. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433&version=20070AB43395CHP)
5. **AB433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433)
6. **08/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB433&version=20070AB43396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 433 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 433 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB433 Beall By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1915.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2007-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2007-09-10** (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2494.)
- **2007-09-12** To inactive file on motion of Senator Steinberg.
- **2008-08-11** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4992.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 6783.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 625, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7744db4e-6b1a-46d7-bd05-dd8e01357dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).