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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 942	California AB 942 (20192020)	bill	CalFresh: Restaurant Meals Program.	enacted	Weber	8	29	8	2019-02-20	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/4028518b-5581-424c-bcda-b70a7515df72	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB942	ff772aebc0c14dabf599606af4a61a8741cfe9e80bec41bbd6aa2b627c478766	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 942 (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. 02/20/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB942 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 942 Weber Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 942 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB942 Weber et al. By Skinner — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2019-03-04 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 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
• 2019-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-04-02 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
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 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 72. Noes 0. Page 2037.) 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 Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 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
• 2019-08-12 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
• 2019-09-06 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 78. Noes 0. Page 3400.). 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 814, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4028518b-5581-424c-bcda-b70a7515df72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).