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 generally prohibits a resident of an institution from receiving supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.
California SB 1254 (20232024) — CalFresh: enrollment of incarcerated individuals.
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 generally prohibits a resident of an institution from receiving supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2024-02-29 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB S. referral-committee
2024-03-12 Set for hearing April 1.
2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3428.) (April 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 23.
2024-04-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3730.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2024-05-06 May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3977.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 4100.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-05-28 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6801.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5650.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 465, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a967600c-8171-43a2-b1e7-219df1bd870d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).