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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public postsecondary education: electronic benefits transfer cards: basic needs services and resources."
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description: "(1) Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , administered in California as CalFresh, under which each county distributes nutrition assistance benefits provided by the federal government to eligible households for the purchase of certain eligible foods at approved retail food stores. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, and authorizes a county to deliver CalFresh and CalWORKs benefits through the use of the EBT system."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 2033"
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citation: "California AB 2033 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public postsecondary education", "basic needs services and resources", "electronic benefits transfer cards"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-02-01"
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last_action: "2024-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3eee8d6-a9da-4cd3-b2ce-1e07cfd7ffa8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033"
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source_hash: "f1103e3ba21a8d920bbf49efa3b911ccdb72c5c2fad7a3134f925a409ed623b7"
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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 AB 2033 (20232024) — Public postsecondary education: electronic benefits transfer cards: basic needs services and resources.
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(1) Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , administered in California as CalFresh, under which each county distributes nutrition assistance benefits provided by the federal government to eligible households for the purchase of certain eligible foods at approved retail food stores. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system for the purpose of providing financial and food assistance benefits, and authorizes a county to deliver CalFresh and CalWORKs benefits through the use of the EBT system.
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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. **02/01/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203399INT)
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2. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203398AMD)
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3. **04/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203397AMD)
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4. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203396AMD)
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5. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203395AMD)
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6. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203393CHP)
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7. **AB2033** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033)
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8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2033&version=20230AB203394ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent AB2033 Reyes et al. By Menjivar — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2033 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2033 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Reyes — primary (person)
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- Friedman — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
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- **2024-02-12** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-16** 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`
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- **2024-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5358.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-03** 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`
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- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 913, Statutes of 2024. `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/f3eee8d6-a9da-4cd3-b2ce-1e07cfd7ffa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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