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type: "Bill"
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title: "Student nutrition: eligibility for CalFresh benefits."
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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 12 time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including, but not limited to, an exemption for students receiving federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 20"
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citation: "California SB 20 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Student nutrition: eligibility for CalFresh benefits."]
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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: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-12-07"
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last_action: "2022-08-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3813c65-1cab-4bb3-9cff-78212b5b835d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20"
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source_hash: "2a4655abf72325c5dfc446ae08610f42169256351ef588402648f143dda24c4f"
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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 20 (20212022) — Student nutrition: eligibility for CalFresh benefits.
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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 12 time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including, but not limited to, an exemption for students receiving federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) .
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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. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20&version=20210SB2099INT)
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2. **03/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20&version=20210SB2098AMD)
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3. **06/09/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20&version=20210SB2097AMD)
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4. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20&version=20210SB2095CHP)
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5. **SB20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20)
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6. **08/10/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB20&version=20210SB2096ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 20 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB20 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB20 Dodd et al. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dodd — primary (person)
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- Davies — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-23** Set for hearing March 10.
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- **2021-03-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 666.) (March 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-19** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2021-04-05** April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-28** Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Dodd.
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- **2022-01-03** From inactive file on motion of Senator Dodd.
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- **2022-01-03** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2022-01-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-01-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2724.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-02** June 8 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2022-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Coauthors revised.
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- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5756.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4675.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
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- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 167, Statutes of 2022. `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/b3813c65-1cab-4bb3-9cff-78212b5b835d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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