SB 20 is sponsored by Dodd, Davies, Laurie (Republican), and Rubio, Susan (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 20 — Student nutrition: eligibility for CalFresh benefits.

Last action August 22, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 167, Statutes of 2022.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 92% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
3 sponsors

1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least 12 time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including, but not limited to, an exemption for students receiving federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) . Existing law requires the Student Aid Commission to provide written notice to recipients of Cal Grant awards whose grants include any amount of funding that has been derived from the TANF block grant or state match, in order for the students to verify that they qualify for participation in the CalFresh program under an exemption. This bill would additionally require the commission, to the extent that it is permitted by federal law to use information to determine a student's CalFresh eligibility and possesses the pertinent information, to provide written notice to students of their exemption and that they may be eligible for benefits under the CalFresh program. The bill would also require the commission to confer with stakeholders on at least an annual basis to implement this provision and to continuously improve the process of securing CalFresh benefits for eligible students.

Bill Text

Chaptered 08/22/22 - Chaptered Current pdf August 22, 2022
Enrolled 08/10/22 - Enrolled pdf August 10, 2022
Amended 06/09/22 - Amended Assembly pdf June 09, 2022
Amended 03/17/21 - Amended Senate pdf March 17, 2021
Introduced 12/07/20 - Introduced pdf December 07, 2020
SB20 View text html

Action History

August 22, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 167, Statutes of 2022.
August 22, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
August 17, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
August 08, 2022
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4675.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 04, 2022
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
August 04, 2022
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5756.) Ordered to the Senate.
June 30, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
June 29, 2022
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29).
June 15, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 15, 2022
Coauthors revised.
June 09, 2022
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
June 02, 2022
June 8 hearing postponed by committee.
May 05, 2022
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
January 06, 2022
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
January 06, 2022
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2724.) Ordered to the Assembly.
January 04, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
January 03, 2022
Ordered to second reading.
January 03, 2022
From inactive file on motion of Senator Dodd.
May 28, 2021
Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Dodd.
May 20, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 20, 2021
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 20).
May 14, 2021
Set for hearing May 20.
April 05, 2021
April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
March 19, 2021
Set for hearing April 5.
March 17, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 16, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 666.) (March 10).
February 23, 2021
Set for hearing March 10.
January 28, 2021
Referred to Com. on ED.
December 08, 2020
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
December 07, 2020
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Dodd

Co-sponsors (2)

Davies, Laurie Republican
Rubio, Susan Democratic

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB20 Dodd et al. Concurrence

August 08, 2022

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	20	0	0	3
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	37	0	0	3
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Nielsen	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Not Voting
Roth	—	Not Voting
Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	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
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 20 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day

August 04, 2022

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	32	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	35	0	0	4
Republican	9	0	0	0
Total	76	0	0	4
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Not Voting
Waldron	—	Not Voting
McCarty	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	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
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

June 29, 2022

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Democratic	4	0	0	2
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	14	0	0	2
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

June 14, 2022

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Total	12	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (12)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading SB20 Dodd et al.

January 06, 2022

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	8	0	0	5
Unaffiliated	20	0	0	3
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	32	0	0	8
% of votes cast	80%	0%	0%	20%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Melendez	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Not Voting
Kamlager	—	Not Voting
Wilk	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Not Voting
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

May 20, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

April 05, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Portantino	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

March 10, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Leyva	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 20 do?: Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Under existing law, households are eligible to receive CalFresh benefits to the extent permitted by federal law. Existing federal law provides that students who are enrolled in college or other institutions of higher education at least 12 time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including, but not limited to, an exemption for students receiving federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) . Existing law requires the Student Aid Commission to provide written notice to recipients of Cal Grant awards whose grants include any amount of funding that has been derived from the TANF block grant or state match, in order for the students to verify that they qualify for participation in the CalFresh program under an exemption. This bill would additionally require the commission, to the extent that it is permitted by federal law to use information to determine a student's CalFresh eligibility and possesses the pertinent information, to provide written notice to students of their exemption and that they may be eligible for benefits under the CalFresh program. The bill would also require the commission to confer with stakeholders on at least an annual basis to implement this provision and to continuously improve the process of securing CalFresh benefits for eligible students.
Who sponsors SB 20?: SB 20 is sponsored by Dodd, Davies, Laurie (Republican), and Rubio, Susan (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 20?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.
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Identifier: SB 20
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: December 07, 2020
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Dodd

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