---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh: data."
description: "Existing federal law establishes the 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 518"
citation: "California AB 518 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh", "data"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d915b04b-a71a-4657-9c24-a83b3ca4019c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518"
source_hash: "288d2e870ca2706332081cf1d822997fad0ba57c4bb8c6b1ee25aad87b3dd49c"
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 518 (20232024) — CalFresh: data.

Existing federal law establishes the 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51899INT)
2. **04/04/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51898AMD)
3. **07/03/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51897AMD)
4. **08/26/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51895AMD)
5. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51896AMD)
6. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51893CHP)
7. **AB518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518)
8. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB518&version=20230AB51894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 518 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB518 Wicks et al. By Umberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 518 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wicks — primary (person)
- Jackson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 2051.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
- **2024-08-26** Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.)
- **2024-08-26** From inactive file.
- **2024-08-26** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 4.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 910, 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/d915b04b-a71a-4657-9c24-a83b3ca4019c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).