---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh program: School Lunch Program: information."
description: "Existing law requires each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools to make applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 402"
citation: "California AB 402 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh program: School Lunch Program: information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e85ee21-a788-4896-bbbc-87898dbc611a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402"
source_hash: "1cd545e5023caa998597852acc87f91acce9d51cafdda1e54d9b68ae5bd3edcb"
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 402 (20112012) — CalFresh program: School Lunch Program: information.

Existing law requires each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools to make applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40299INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40298AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40297AMD)
4. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40296AMD)
5. **08/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40295AMD)
6. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40293CHP)
7. **AB402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402)
8. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB402&version=20110AB40294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Human Services. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 402 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB402 Skinner By Rubio — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 402 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **51–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 1721.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2015.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2553.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 504, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e85ee21-a788-4896-bbbc-87898dbc611a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).