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type: "Bill"
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title: "CalFresh: food access."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 553"
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citation: "California AB 553 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CalFresh", "foodaccess"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caloza"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2025-07-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c50d689-0b77-43a8-ae43-07b3ce1e9813"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB553"
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source_hash: "b83cef1a520d768c60d332b07c5c38bac8de010e29b89faba51ab9c49f05eedb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 553 (20252026) — CalFresh: food access.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/11/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB553&version=20250AB55399INT)
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2. **03/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB553&version=20250AB55398AMD)
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3. **07/14/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB553&version=20250AB55396CHP)
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4. **AB553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB553)
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5. **07/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB553&version=20250AB55397ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB553 Caloza et al. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 553 Caloza Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caloza — primary (person)
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- Calderon — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
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- **2025-02-24** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1276.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1932.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2025-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2025-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 38, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c50d689-0b77-43a8-ae43-07b3ce1e9813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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