Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh (formerly the Food Stamp program) , under which nutrition assistance benefits formerly referred to as food stamps, allocated to the state by the federal government, are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services administers CalFresh at the state level, and has certain specified duties in that regard.
California AB 69 (20112012) — Senior nutrition benefits.
Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh (formerly the Food Stamp program) , under which nutrition assistance benefits formerly referred to as food stamps, allocated to the state by the federal government, are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services administers CalFresh at the state level, and has certain specified duties in that regard.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 69 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — 54–21 (pass) · lower
AB 69 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–21 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Ammiano — coauthor (person)
Butler — coauthor (person)
Fuentes — coauthor (person)
Swanson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-12-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
2010-12-16 From printer. May be heard in committee January 15.
2011-01-03 Read first time. reading-1
2011-01-27 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 1716.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-11 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 2. Page 2203.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 2896.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1f5b9fb-d849-45e1-b625-c6715bb1d028. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).