republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-609.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. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least half time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment and training programs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 609	California SB 609 (20212022)	bill	CalFresh.	enacted	Hurtado	7	30	8	2021-02-18	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ccae157e-01f1-484b-b0dd-e329d021c401	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB609	0101e180106b45edf44415767537bc847cc6bb8114c8c59a71c021171864a53f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 609 (20212022) — 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. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least half time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment and training programs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB609 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB609 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB609 Hurtado Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 609 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Arambula — 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 as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hurtado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2021-05-04 May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1198.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1351.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 July 14 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2933.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2592.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 606, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccae157e-01f1-484b-b0dd-e329d021c401. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).