--- type: "Bill" title: "CalFresh: data sharing." 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: "20252026" identifier: "AB 593" citation: "California AB 593 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["CalFresh", "datasharing"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-02-12" last_action: "2025-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1dfe635-4b00-4dbe-a4fe-4f0d99602ad3" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593" source_hash: "904bc8b6d4ebd5068e772d830d80469d7166608adb872db5cd089e06fc6577f4" 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 593 (20252026) — CalFresh: data sharing. 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. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593&version=20250AB59399INT) 2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593&version=20250AB59398AMD) 3. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593&version=20250AB59397AMD) 4. **08/18/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593&version=20250AB59396AMD) 5. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593&version=20250AB59394CHP) 6. **AB593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593) 7. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593&version=20250AB59395ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - AB 593 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB593 Wicks By Arreguín — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 593 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wicks — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15. - **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24** 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` - **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1813.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2025-08-18** 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` - **2025-08-18** (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2175.) - **2025-08-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2436.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2932.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1dfe635-4b00-4dbe-a4fe-4f0d99602ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).