republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-641.md

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Bill	CalFresh for College Students Act.	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 641	California SB 641 (20212022)	bill	CalFresh for College Students Act.	enacted	Skinner	7	33	8	2021-02-19	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/35dfc369-dfae-428a-a8f5-ada0ba63e9bb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB641	0837083ce904c2df148c7ab7ce262ae20f31c5dca3fb17d4cbb4c01c772dc1f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 641 (20212022) — CalFresh for College Students Act.

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. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/20/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB641 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 641 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Medina — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB641 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 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 RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-12-28 Set for hearing January 5 in HUMAN S. pending receipt.
• 2022-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (January 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-01-07 Set for hearing January 18.
• 2022-01-18 January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-01-19 Set for hearing January 20.
• 2022-01-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2795.) (January 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2822.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-05 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 June 14 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5943.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 874, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35dfc369-dfae-428a-a8f5-ada0ba63e9bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).