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type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh: homeless youth."
description: "Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Further, existing law requires county welfare departments to develop information, and make that information available to homeless shelters, emergency food programs, and other community agencies that provide services to homeless people, on expedited services targeted to the homeless and to provide training to homeless shelter operators on CalFresh application procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 309"
citation: "California AB 309 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh: homeless youth."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9dc877e-daee-4d8f-96ea-df6eab9063ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309"
source_hash: "868acbc15bf1b407cda6692b90b6b578fcfad533d73a0a6d385cc6300f0ebd23"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 309 (20132014) — CalFresh: homeless youth.
Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Further, existing law requires county welfare departments to develop information, and make that information available to homeless shelters, emergency food programs, and other community agencies that provide services to homeless people, on expedited services targeted to the homeless and to provide training to homeless shelter operators on CalFresh application procedures.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309&version=20130AB30999INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309&version=20130AB30998AMD)
3. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309&version=20130AB30997AMD)
4. **08/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309&version=20130AB30995CHP)
5. **AB309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309)
6. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB309&version=20130AB30996ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **330** (pass) · upper
- AB 309 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **740** (pass) · lower
- AB 309 MITCHELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1121.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1608.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2285.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9dc877e-daee-4d8f-96ea-df6eab9063ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).