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Bill	CalFresh and CalWORKs.	(1) Existing federal law provides for the federal 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. Existing state law authorizes a county to deliver CalFresh benefits through the use of an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system. Existing federal law authorizes eligible counties to participate in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) , which allows eligible recipients to purchase meals at qualified restaurants.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 282	California SB 282 (20172018)	bill	CalFresh and CalWORKs.	enacted	Wiener	7	29	8	2017-02-09	2017-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/06aadec5-1e91-4e5d-b313-09320b88ba99	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB282	e1455922aab352ff612e2046007b6974656ca3645a279ca416d9c655dcb0fb4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 282 (20172018) — CalFresh and CalWORKs.

(1) Existing federal law provides for the federal 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. Existing state law authorizes a county to deliver CalFresh benefits through the use of an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system. Existing federal law authorizes eligible counties to participate in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) , which allows eligible recipients to purchase meals at qualified restaurants.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB282 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 282 Wiener Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent Calendar SB282 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
• 2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2017-04-17 April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1181.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1318.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-12 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-28 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2017-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3162.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2905.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 355, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06aadec5-1e91-4e5d-b313-09320b88ba99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).