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Bill	CalFresh Employment and Training program.	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. Existing federal law requires all SNAP recipients, unless otherwise exempt, between 15 to 60 years of age, inclusive, who are physically and mentally fit, to register for employment and participate in the Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 43	California SB 43 (20112012)	bill	CalFresh Employment and Training program.	enacted	Liu	7	28	9	2010-12-08	2011-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ab39ae1b-bbf0-4f10-88d6-43aa04dd5fb6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB43	d70f27adefb2267694374905ca1fe96db0c328a5f4bafb4080ca93d4b2a0823d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 43 (20112012) — CalFresh Employment and Training program.

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. Existing federal law requires all SNAP recipients, unless otherwise exempt, between 15 to 60 years of age, inclusive, who are physically and mentally fit, to register for employment and participate in the Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) program.

Version chain

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

1. 12/08/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/06/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB43 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 43 Liu Senate Third Reading By BEALL Amend By BEALL Set #1 — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 43 Liu Senate Third Reading By BEALL — 61–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Liu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-08 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2010-12-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 8.
• 2011-01-03 Read first time. reading-1
• 2011-01-20 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2011-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 640.) (April 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-05-02 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1111.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1218.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-13 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-17 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2812.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 18. Page 3039.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2440.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2011-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab39ae1b-bbf0-4f10-88d6-43aa04dd5fb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).