republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1796.md

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Bill	Food stamps: eligibility.	Food stamps: eligibility.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1796	California AB 1796 (20032004)	bill	Food stamps: eligibility.	enacted	Leno	7	24	7	2004-01-07	2004-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a323a514-7af0-44b1-b634-5190e4ae5d8d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1796	57f620fb69c9a1657131cd02619b825821f5838c3bebe3fe8d6860be4d53ac75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1796 (20032004) — Food stamps: eligibility.

Version chain

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

1. 01/07/04 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/17/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1796 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1796 leno assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab1796 leno by chesbro — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Goldberg — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)
• Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 932, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-15 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2004-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 43. Noes 32. Page 7890.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.)
• 2004-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-25 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 5327.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-23 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-06-28 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2004-06-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2004-06-03 Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. referral-committee
• 2004-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-05-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 5938.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-17 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-04-19 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-04-16 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-04-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-03-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 23). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-01-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 2004-01-08 From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
• 2004-01-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a323a514-7af0-44b1-b634-5190e4ae5d8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).