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Bill	CalFresh: Restaurant Meals Program.	Existing federal 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 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	20192020	AB 612	California AB 612 (20192020)	bill	CalFresh: Restaurant Meals Program.	enacted	Weber	7	28	10	2019-02-14	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/63f0e85c-6fff-4869-a80d-5c532224c977	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB612	29b1ee1b0020e36d080e9f94f8949b0d9db4dd1c8d730fcad3ff2db373d89ca9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 612 (20192020) — CalFresh: Restaurant Meals Program.

Existing federal 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 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. 02/14/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB612 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB612 Weber et al. By Hurtado — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 612 Weber Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 612 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Weber — primary (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 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
• 2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 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
• 2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2027.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2736.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3398.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 804, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63f0e85c-6fff-4869-a80d-5c532224c977. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).