republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1254.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh: enrollment of incarcerated individuals."
description: "Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing federal law generally prohibits a resident of an institution from receiving supplemental nutrition assistance benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1254"
citation: "California SB 1254 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh", "enrollment of incarcerated individuals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a967600c-8171-43a2-b1e7-219df1bd870d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254"
source_hash: "098b29915965d19adbd15e08d43953f88b90cffec08a53ee08dc4e28b06c29f4"
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 1254 (20232024) — CalFresh: enrollment of incarcerated individuals.

Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing federal law generally prohibits a resident of an institution from receiving supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125499INT)
2. **04/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125498AMD)
3. **04/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125497AMD)
4. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125496AMD)
5. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125495AMD)
6. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125493CHP)
7. **SB1254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1254&version=20230SB125494ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1254 Becker et al. Concurrence — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 1254 Becker Senate Third Reading By Lee — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1254 Becker et al. — **33–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3428.) (April 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3730.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3977.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 4100.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6801.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5650.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 465, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a967600c-8171-43a2-b1e7-219df1bd870d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).