Existing law requires a school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide 2 school meals free of charge during each schoolday to any pupil who requests a meal without consideration of the pupil's eligibility for a federally funded free or reduced-price meal, with a maximum of one free meal for each meal service. The meals provided under this provision are required to be nutritiously adequate meals that qualify for federal reimbursement.
California AB 95 (20232024) — Pupil nutrition: pupil meals.
Existing law requires a school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide 2 school meals free of charge during each schoolday to any pupil who requests a meal without consideration of the pupil's eligibility for a federally funded free or reduced-price meal, with a maximum of one free meal for each meal service. The meals provided under this provision are required to be nutritiously adequate meals that qualify for federal reimbursement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB95 Hoover et al. By Glazer — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 95 Hoover Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hoover — primary (person)
Essayli — coauthor (person)
Wallis — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1492.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-17 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2415.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/552bb6dd-6508-43ae-a25f-6c9ac4f56dbf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).