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Bill	CalFresh: data sharing.	Existing federal law establishes 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 593	California AB 593 (20252026)	bill	CalFresh datasharing	enacted	Wicks	7	27	7	2025-02-12	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a1dfe635-4b00-4dbe-a4fe-4f0d99602ad3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB593	904bc8b6d4ebd5068e772d830d80469d7166608adb872db5cd089e06fc6577f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 593 (20252026) — CalFresh: data sharing.

Existing federal law establishes 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB593 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 593 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB593 Wicks By Arreguín — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 593 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1813.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-08-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2175.)
• 2025-08-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2436.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2932.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1dfe635-4b00-4dbe-a4fe-4f0d99602ad3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).