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Bill	State Healthy Food Access Policy.	Existing law establishes various food assistance programs, including, among others, 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 628	California SB 628 (20232024)	bill	State Healthy Food Access Policy	enacted	Hurtado	6	26	8	2023-02-16	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/de2bc540-0b11-44b1-a800-1a0981ac337c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628	58b65321bbf4aa6c924080761674abafade924aa1ef79ac8c86607e7b1eb0b88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 628 (20232024) — State Healthy Food Access Policy.

Existing law establishes various food assistance programs, including, among others, 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/29/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB628 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 628 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Wilson — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB628 Hurtado Concurrence — 36–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hurtado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 748.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1177.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 June 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-06-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3461.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2846.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 879, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de2bc540-0b11-44b1-a800-1a0981ac337c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).