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Bill	Farmers' markets: electronic benefit transfers.	Existing law, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits to needy Californians.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 537	California AB 537 (20092010)	bill	Farmers' markets: electronic benefit transfers.	enacted	Arambula	11	33	8	2009-02-25	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4891725f-8677-4179-926b-32a06bad3007	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB537	601412cb3dd62b2c6bc1cb296a23e8a48bd9ebe62b3044bc4989c2e85bdc7445	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 537 (20092010) — Farmers' markets: electronic benefit transfers.

Existing law, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits to needy Californians.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/25/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/28/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/18/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB537 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/01/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 537 ARAMBULA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB537 Arambula By Leno — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 537 ARAMBULA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Solorio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-01-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (January 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-01-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-01-26 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-01-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 3. Page 3896.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2010-04-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-06-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-06-29 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-08-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 4788.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-24 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6562.)
• 2010-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 14. Page 6565.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-07 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4891725f-8677-4179-926b-32a06bad3007. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).