--- type: "Bill" title: "State Healthy Food Access Policy." description: "Existing law establishes various food assistance programs, including, among others, 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." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 628" citation: "California SB 628 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["State Healthy Food Access Policy"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hurtado"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-02-16" last_action: "2023-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de2bc540-0b11-44b1-a800-1a0981ac337c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628" source_hash: "58b65321bbf4aa6c924080761674abafade924aa1ef79ac8c86607e7b1eb0b88" 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 SB 628 (20232024) — State Healthy Food Access Policy. Existing law establishes various food assistance programs, including, among others, 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. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628&version=20230SB62899INT) 2. **06/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628&version=20230SB62898AMD) 3. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628&version=20230SB62897AMD) 4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628&version=20230SB62895CHP) 5. **SB628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628) 6. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628&version=20230SB62896ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **35–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper - SB 628 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Wilson — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB628 Hurtado Concurrence — **36–3** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hurtado — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-13** Set for hearing April 17. - **2023-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 748.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18. - **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1177.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-20** June 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2023-06-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3461.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2846.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 879, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de2bc540-0b11-44b1-a800-1a0981ac337c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).