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type: "Bill"
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title: "CalFresh: emergency food provider referrals."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 323"
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citation: "California AB 323 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CalFresh: emergency food provider referrals."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-07-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f434bf51-097a-4555-8aed-a9866342551a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB323"
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source_hash: "c05c8ee7d6a5e3ccf67ebe78b3f12c4c8f92d7da5d5692a4e26967f50402916d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 323 (20172018) — CalFresh: emergency food provider referrals.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/07/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB323&version=20170AB32399INT)
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2. **05/16/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB323&version=20170AB32398AMD)
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3. **07/17/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB323&version=20170AB32396CHP)
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4. **AB323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB323)
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5. **06/28/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB323&version=20170AB32397ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 323 BERMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent Calendar # AB323 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Berman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
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- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2017-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1663.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2017-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1713.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2017-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f434bf51-097a-4555-8aed-a9866342551a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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