republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1377.md

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Bill	CalFresh.	Existing federal law provides for the 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 each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday, as specified. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. Existing law provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefits transfer system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1377	California AB 1377 (20192020)	bill	CalFresh.	enacted	Wicks	7	35	9	2019-02-22	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1a696cac-8169-429b-890d-8a78a7c9ead4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1377	88af0e54685de12bae6c72008da97692d91fcaa3418c1957a89066f7bf96d203	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1377 (20192020) — CalFresh.

Existing federal law provides for the 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 each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday, as specified. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. Existing law provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefits transfer system, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/03/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1377 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1377 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1377 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB1377 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-11 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1150.)
• 2019-04-11 (pending re-referral to Com. on ED.)
• 2019-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
• 2019-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1760.)
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1887.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2019-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-08 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2714.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3271.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a696cac-8169-429b-890d-8a78a7c9ead4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).