--- type: "Bill" title: "California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project: report." description: "Existing federal law establishes the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law establishes a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, including CalFresh benefits." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 3229" citation: "California AB 3229 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project", "report"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Lee"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-02-16" last_action: "2024-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4a9c59f-b551-45b5-9563-70fbb560e6e4" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229" source_hash: "5c11319c653307abecf317dfb67c90749c98a2c463cf83f9d56b7d40d341aa5a" 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 3229 (20232024) — California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project: report. Existing federal law establishes the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law establishes a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, including CalFresh benefits. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229&version=20230AB322999INT) 2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229&version=20230AB322998AMD) 3. **04/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229&version=20230AB322997AMD) 4. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229&version=20230AB322996AMD) 5. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229&version=20230AB322994CHP) 6. **AB3229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229) 7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3229&version=20230AB322995ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 3229 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower - AB 3229 Lee Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent AB3229 Lee By Hurtado — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Lee — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. - **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-07-01** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 916, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4a9c59f-b551-45b5-9563-70fbb560e6e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).