Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , administered in California as CalFresh, under which each county distributes nutrition assistance benefits provided by the federal government to eligible households. Existing law requires each county human services agency to carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this program, subject to the supervision of the State Department of Social Services and to rules and regulations adopted by the department. Existing law requires current and future CalFresh benefits to be reduced, as specified, to recover a benefit overissuance caused by administrative error. If a household is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits, existing law prohibits the establishment or collection of a CalFresh overissuance caused by administrative error if the overissuance is less than $125 or the minimum statewide cost-effective threshold established by the state, whichever is greater, and existing law requires collection if the overissuance is caused by inadvertent household error and the overissuance is $35 or more.
California SB 490 (20192020) — CalFresh: benefit overissuance.
Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , administered in California as CalFresh, under which each county distributes nutrition assistance benefits provided by the federal government to eligible households. Existing law requires each county human services agency to carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this program, subject to the supervision of the State Department of Social Services and to rules and regulations adopted by the department. Existing law requires current and future CalFresh benefits to be reduced, as specified, to recover a benefit overissuance caused by administrative error. If a household is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits, existing law prohibits the establishment or collection of a CalFresh overissuance caused by administrative error if the overissuance is less than $125 or the minimum statewide cost-effective threshold established by the state, whichever is greater, and existing law requires collection if the overissuance is caused by inadvertent household error and the overissuance is $35 or more.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 490 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Reyes — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB490 Hurtado et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hurtado — primary (person)
Mathis — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2019-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-28 Withdrawn from committee.
2019-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 776.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1101.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1277.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3337.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2868.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 550, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8964b74e-699c-44e3-9e1d-eec73b464e4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).