republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-134.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh eligibility."
description: "Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which nutrition assistance benefits, formerly referred to as food stamps, are allocated to each state by the federal government. That program, as administered in California, is known as CalFresh. Under existing state law, pursuant to CalFresh, California's federal allocation is distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law establishes eligibility and benefit level requirements for receipt of CalFresh benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "California SB 134 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962b6704-cfa2-418a-ae5c-be913ec2a38a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134"
source_hash: "325f3b5ae5795b60c4a63c89e77d4a02fb112aeb8c558ab4bf1cbc1292cef8f7"
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 SB 134 (20132014) — CalFresh eligibility.

Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which nutrition assistance benefits, formerly referred to as food stamps, are allocated to each state by the federal government. That program, as administered in California, is known as CalFresh. Under existing state law, pursuant to CalFresh, California's federal allocation is distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law establishes eligibility and benefit level requirements for receipt of CalFresh benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134&version=20130SB13499INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134&version=20130SB13498AMD)
3. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134&version=20130SB13497AMD)
4. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134&version=20130SB13496AMD)
5. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134&version=20130SB13494CHP)
6. **SB134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134)
7. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB134&version=20130SB13495ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB134 Hueso Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 134 Hueso Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 661.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1007.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1171.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2481.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1945.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 283, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/962b6704-cfa2-418a-ae5c-be913ec2a38a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).