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type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh: income eligibility: basic allowance for housing."
description: "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 establishes eligibility requirements, including specified income eligibility standards, for receipt of CalFresh benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 950"
citation: "California SB 950 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh: income eligibility: basic allowance for housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c843db61-7722-4f24-8a00-a284e25d1921"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950"
source_hash: "e93c1288665a0c41121df087aaac1aa8d6394c7e65f2f52e87e8fbc9867ac552"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 950 (20212022) — CalFresh: income eligibility: basic allowance for housing.
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 establishes eligibility requirements, including specified income eligibility standards, for receipt of CalFresh benefits.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950&version=20210SB95099INT)
2. **04/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950&version=20210SB95098AMD)
3. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950&version=20210SB95097AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950&version=20210SB95095CHP)
5. **SB950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB950&version=20210SB95096ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- SB 950 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Chen — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB950 — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **120** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB950 — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Archuleta — primary (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-10** From printer.
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-11** March 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-03-15** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3434.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3776.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3931.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** 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`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6195.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5345.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 877, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c843db61-7722-4f24-8a00-a284e25d1921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).