Existing law provides for the federal 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 law requires a county welfare department to compile a list of emergency food providers and make that list available upon request.
California AB 323 (20172018) — CalFresh: emergency food provider referrals.
Existing law provides for the federal 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 law requires a county welfare department to compile a list of emergency food providers and make that list available upon request.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 323 BERMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent Calendar # AB323 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2017-02-21 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2017-04-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1663.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2017-06-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-06-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1713.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2017-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f434bf51-097a-4555-8aed-a9866342551a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).