Free or reduced-price school meals: direct certification.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to create a computerized data matching system using existing databases from the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health Care Services to directly certify recipients of CalFresh, the CalWORKs program, and other programs authorized for direct certification for enrollment in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to conduct the data match of local school records and return a list to the State Department of Education, including only the data fields submitted by the State Department of Education and an indicator of program eligibility.
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AB 1502
California AB 1502 (20172018)
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Free or reduced-price school meals: direct certification.
California AB 1502 (20172018) — Free or reduced-price school meals: direct certification.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to create a computerized data matching system using existing databases from the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health Care Services to directly certify recipients of CalFresh, the CalWORKs program, and other programs authorized for direct certification for enrollment in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to conduct the data match of local school records and return a list to the State Department of Education, including only the data fields submitted by the State Department of Education and an indicator of program eligibility.
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] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1502 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1502 THURMOND Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Thurmond — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1395.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1845.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:40 p.m.
2017-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e66dd4d0-3a1b-4640-abca-280b97d9d82c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).