republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1930.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh: student eligibility."
description: "Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least half time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment training programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1930"
citation: "California AB 1930 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh: student eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a318c0-fb34-4ba9-8c92-9768c39961a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930"
source_hash: "d7682603628b05fe699d878ad10338dc343e8f8efc7eeb2d0a9554cd0afd872f"
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 AB 1930 (20132014) — CalFresh: student eligibility.

Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least half time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment training programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193099INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193098AMD)
3. **05/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193097AMD)
4. **05/13/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193096AMD)
5. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193095AMD)
6. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193094AMD)
7. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193092CHP)
8. **AB1930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930)
9. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1930&version=20130AB193093ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1930 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **61–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1930 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1930 Skinner By Liu — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 5109.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4614.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 6274.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a318c0-fb34-4ba9-8c92-9768c39961a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).