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type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh benefits: overissuance."
description: "Existing federal law provides for 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. Existing federal law provides for the collection of fraudulent and nonfraudulent overissuances of SNAP benefits, and authorizes the United States Secretary of Agriculture to delegate this power to the appropriate state agencies. Under existing law, a county administering CalFresh, and operating an early fraud detection and prevention program in accordance with existing law, is required to make a referral for fraud investigation when reasonable grounds for fraud exist, including when an overpayment or overissuance of benefits, or both, may result from an applicant's failure to report information pertinent to eligibility or benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1391"
citation: "California SB 1391 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh benefits: overissuance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a584441-7972-43ff-b13c-029f390be120"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391"
source_hash: "150744216b8ba1fe39d6708aa51af199f06ec3a4defbda199087c06cd5b094c1"
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 1391 (20112012) — CalFresh benefits: overissuance.
Existing federal law provides for 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. Existing federal law provides for the collection of fraudulent and nonfraudulent overissuances of SNAP benefits, and authorizes the United States Secretary of Agriculture to delegate this power to the appropriate state agencies. Under existing law, a county administering CalFresh, and operating an early fraud detection and prevention program in accordance with existing law, is required to make a referral for fraud investigation when reasonable grounds for fraud exist, including when an overpayment or overissuance of benefits, or both, may result from an applicant's failure to report information pertinent to eligibility or benefits.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139199INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139198AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139197AMD)
4. **05/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139196AMD)
5. **06/15/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139195AMD)
6. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139194AMD)
7. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139192CHP)
8. **SB1391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391)
9. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1391&version=20110SB139193ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **42** (pass) · lower
- SB 1391 Liu Senate Third Reading By HALL — **5421** (pass) · lower
- SB 1391 Liu Senate Third Reading By HALL — **5224** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **326** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1391 Liu Concurrence — **267** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Liu — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3264.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3596.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 3663.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 6070.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 6204.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 4853.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 491, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a584441-7972-43ff-b13c-029f390be120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).