---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children."
description: "Existing law, the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program) , administered by the State Department of Public Health, provides for the issuance of nutrition coupons, as defined, to certain low-income women, infants, and children who have been determined to be at nutritional risk. The WIC Program, which implements a program authorized under existing federal law, provides for the redemption of nutrition coupons by recipients at any authorized retail food vendor. Existing law provides that a vendor or any person who, among other things, knowingly redeems coupons in excess of the price charged other customers is subject to specified sanctions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2280"
citation: "California AB 2280 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women", "Infants", "and Children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b918a2-c1b2-45c9-ac57-eabf6c45cdcc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280"
source_hash: "ce9187fe1377ab83214e8bcebc55b678393cd9a848a69badba07d524180c9020"
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 2280 (20112012) — California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

Existing law, the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program) , administered by the State Department of Public Health, provides for the issuance of nutrition coupons, as defined, to certain low-income women, infants, and children who have been determined to be at nutritional risk. The WIC Program, which implements a program authorized under existing federal law, provides for the redemption of nutrition coupons by recipients at any authorized retail food vendor. Existing law provides that a vendor or any person who, among other things, knowingly redeems coupons in excess of the price charged other customers is subject to specified sanctions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280&version=20110AB228099INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280&version=20110AB228098AMD)
3. **05/01/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280&version=20110AB228097AMD)
4. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280&version=20110AB228096AMD)
5. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280&version=20110AB228094CHP)
6. **AB2280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280)
7. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2280&version=20110AB228095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2280 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2280 LARA Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2280 Lara By Liu — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4985.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-27** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-28** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4945.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6654.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 822, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65b918a2-c1b2-45c9-ac57-eabf6c45cdcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).