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AB 1359 — Public social services: CalFresh.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2012.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 6 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law requires a county welfare department, to the extent provided by federal law, to provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis to certain households. This bill would revise these provisions to require that, in accordance with, and to the extent provided by, federal law, the county human services agency provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis to certain households.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 09/23/12 - Chaptered Current pdf September 23, 2012
- Enrolled 09/11/12 - Enrolled pdf September 11, 2012
- Amended 08/24/12 - Amended Senate pdf August 24, 2012
- Amended 01/04/12 - Amended Assembly pdf January 04, 2012
- Amended 03/25/11 - Amended Assembly pdf March 25, 2011
- Introduced 02/18/11 - Introduced pdf February 18, 2011
- AB1359 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2012.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6531.).
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Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4900.).
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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Ordered to third reading.
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From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
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Ordered to special consent calendar.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Referred to Com. on E.Q.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3607.)
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 19).
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
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Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Skinner · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Skinner
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Halderman | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Butler | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Valadao | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Norby | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Not Voting |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bonnie Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 3% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Negrete McLeod | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Not Voting |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Vargas | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Not Voting |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Nay |
| La Malfa | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 86% | 0% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 72 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Halderman | — | Not Voting |
| Butler | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| Gorell | — | Not Voting |
| Harkey | — | Not Voting |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Not Voting |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Norby | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Valadao | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bonnie Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Norby | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Halderman | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 1359 do?
- Existing law requires a county welfare department, to the extent provided by federal law, to provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis to certain households. This bill would revise these provisions to require that, in accordance with, and to the extent provided by, federal law, the county human services agency provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis to certain households.
- Who sponsors AB 1359?
- AB 1359 is sponsored by Skinner.
- What is the current status of AB 1359?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.
- Where can I track AB 1359?
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