SB 490 is sponsored by Hurtado, Melissa (Democratic) and Mathis.

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California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 490 — CalFresh: benefit overissuance.

Last action October 07, 2019 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 550, Statutes of 2019.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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. Existing law requires each county human services agency to carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this program, subject to the supervision of the State Department of Social Services and to rules and regulations adopted by the department. Existing law requires current and future CalFresh benefits to be reduced, as specified, to recover a benefit overissuance caused by administrative error. If a household is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits, existing law prohibits the establishment or collection of a CalFresh overissuance caused by administrative error if the overissuance is less than $125 or the minimum statewide cost-effective threshold established by the state, whichever is greater, and existing law requires collection if the overissuance is caused by inadvertent household error and the overissuance is $35 or more. This bill would increase those threshold overissuance claim amounts to $400 for a household that is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits. The bill would require the department to develop and implement a policy for compromising administrative error claims, in whole or in part, for households that include at least one elderly or disabled member, as specified. The bill would authorize its provisions to be implemented through an all-county letter no later than January 1, 2021.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/07/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 07, 2019
Enrolled 09/13/19 - Enrolled pdf September 13, 2019
Amended 09/03/19 - Amended Assembly pdf September 03, 2019
Amended 07/05/19 - Amended Assembly pdf July 05, 2019
Amended 04/25/19 - Amended Senate pdf April 25, 2019
Amended 03/27/19 - Amended Senate pdf March 27, 2019
Introduced 02/21/19 - Introduced pdf February 21, 2019
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Action History

October 07, 2019
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 550, Statutes of 2019.
October 07, 2019
Approved by the Governor.
September 19, 2019
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
September 11, 2019
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2868.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 11, 2019
Ordered to special consent calendar.
September 10, 2019
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 10, 2019
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3337.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 04, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 03, 2019
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 30, 2019
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30).
August 14, 2019
August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
July 05, 2019
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 03, 2019
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2).
June 06, 2019
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
May 24, 2019
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 23, 2019
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1277.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 21, 2019
Ordered to special consent calendar.
May 16, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 16, 2019
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1101.) (May 16).
May 14, 2019
Set for hearing May 16.
May 13, 2019
May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
May 03, 2019
Set for hearing May 13.
April 25, 2019
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 24, 2019
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 776.) (April 22).
April 05, 2019
Set for hearing April 22.
April 03, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
March 28, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
March 28, 2019
Withdrawn from committee.
March 27, 2019
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
March 07, 2019
Referred to Com. on G.O.
February 22, 2019
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
February 21, 2019
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Hurtado, Melissa Democratic

Co-sponsors (1)

Mathis

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB490 Hurtado et al. Concurrence

September 11, 2019

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	27	0	0	0
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 490 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Reyes

September 10, 2019

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	51	0	0	1
Democratic	22	0	0	0
Republican	5	0	0	0
Total	78	0	0	1
% of votes cast	99%	0%	0%	1%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Mathis	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Kamlager-Dove	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Wood	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

August 30, 2019

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	13	0	0	0
Total	18	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (18)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

July 02, 2019

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	8	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (8)

Member	Party	Vote
Friedman	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Special Consent SB490

May 23, 2019

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	27	0	0	0
Democratic	9	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (38)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

May 16, 2019

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (6)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

May 13, 2019

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (6)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 22, 2019

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (6)

Member	Party	Vote
Beall	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 490 do?: 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. Existing law requires each county human services agency to carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this program, subject to the supervision of the State Department of Social Services and to rules and regulations adopted by the department. Existing law requires current and future CalFresh benefits to be reduced, as specified, to recover a benefit overissuance caused by administrative error. If a household is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits, existing law prohibits the establishment or collection of a CalFresh overissuance caused by administrative error if the overissuance is less than $125 or the minimum statewide cost-effective threshold established by the state, whichever is greater, and existing law requires collection if the overissuance is caused by inadvertent household error and the overissuance is $35 or more. This bill would increase those threshold overissuance claim amounts to $400 for a household that is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits. The bill would require the department to develop and implement a policy for compromising administrative error claims, in whole or in part, for households that include at least one elderly or disabled member, as specified. The bill would authorize its provisions to be implemented through an all-county letter no later than January 1, 2021.
Who sponsors SB 490?: SB 490 is sponsored by Hurtado, Melissa (Democratic) and Mathis.
What is the current status of SB 490?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2019. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 490
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 21, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Hurtado, Melissa

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