republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-928.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalFresh Data Dashboard: students."
description: "Existing federal law establishes the 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 law sets forth certain requirements and exemptions for students in postsecondary education for purposes of CalFresh eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 928"
citation: "California AB 928 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalFresh Data Dashboard", "students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rendon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b755bc8c-db4c-401b-a996-e7fc06cca2eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB928"
source_hash: "1a8795b8d28bf6f8a4b2060d044a2351c71770574bbd728306eac8689a444bc4"
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 AB 928 (20232024) — CalFresh Data Dashboard: students.

Existing federal law establishes the 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 law sets forth certain requirements and exemptions for students in postsecondary education for purposes of CalFresh eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB928&version=20230AB92899INT)
2. **06/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB928&version=20230AB92898AMD)
3. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB928&version=20230AB92896CHP)
4. **AB928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB928)
5. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB928&version=20230AB92897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 928 Rendon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 928 Reyes Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB928 Rendon et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rendon — primary (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1365.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2140.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2785.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 168, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b755bc8c-db4c-401b-a996-e7fc06cca2eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).