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type: "Bill"
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title: "CalFresh: postsecondary student eligibility: workstudy."
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description: "Existing federal law provides for the 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. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least half time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment training programs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 173"
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citation: "California SB 173 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CalFresh: postsecondary student eligibility: workstudy."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01f98b5-ebbf-4a0a-bcca-9a102d70fb3f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173"
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source_hash: "41fb9595aadbd2566f0bf7caa6583d1cb8cfa3152741c045a047c124eae594c2"
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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 SB 173 (20192020) — CalFresh: postsecondary student eligibility: workstudy.
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Existing federal law provides for the 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. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least half time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment training programs.
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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. **01/28/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173&version=20190SB17399INT)
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2. **03/14/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173&version=20190SB17398AMD)
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3. **06/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173&version=20190SB17397AMD)
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4. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173&version=20190SB17395CHP)
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5. **SB173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173)
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6. **07/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB173&version=20190SB17396ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 173 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB173 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dodd — primary (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Set for hearing March 11.
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- **2019-03-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 332.) (March 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2019-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 743.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2548.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-07-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2019-07-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1991.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 139, Statutes of 2019.
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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/d01f98b5-ebbf-4a0a-bcca-9a102d70fb3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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