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Bill	CalFresh: categorical eligibility.	Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , under which each county distributes nutrition assistance benefits provided by the federal government to eligible households, and the CalWORKs program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals. In California, federal nutrition assistance benefits are administered through CalFresh.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 191	California AB 191 (20132014)	bill	CalFresh: categorical eligibility.	enacted	Bocanegra	6	24	8	2013-01-28	2013-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/7ada71a3-d479-45d5-88ce-73b8c9cadd3c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB191	e9fc00655afb749ebd3e9677a1c19b2dec56d59fdf36cf828e958f587f728bf6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 191 (20132014) — CalFresh: categorical eligibility.

Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , under which each county distributes nutrition assistance benefits provided by the federal government to eligible households, and the CalWORKs program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals. In California, federal nutrition assistance benefits are administered through CalFresh.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/09/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB191 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB191 Bocanegra By Leno — 28–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 191 BOCANEGRA Assembly Third Reading — 54–23 (pass) · lower
• AB 191 BOCANEGRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bocanegra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
• 2013-02-07 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 1735.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2013-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2245.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 3090.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2013-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 669, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ada71a3-d479-45d5-88ce-73b8c9cadd3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).