Nancy Skinner
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
Existing federal law provides for 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. 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 half-time are not eligible for SNAP benefits unless they meet one of several specified exemptions, including participating in specified employment and training programs. Existing state law requires, for the purposes of determining eligibility for CalFresh, certain educational programs, as determined by the State Department of Social Services, to be considered employment and training programs, thereby qualifying a student participating in one of those programs for an exemption, unless prohibited by federal law. Existing law requires the department to maintain and regularly update a list of programs that meet the employment and training exemption set forth in federal regulations. Existing law also requires the department to issue and maintain instructions for county human services agencies to verify exemptions to the CalFresh student eligibility rule for specified students. This bill would also require the department to post on its internet website that program list and those instructions to counties, and would require the instructions to include specific guidance for processing applications, reporting, and recertification for additional students who are exempt from the CalFresh student eligibility rule. The bill would require the department to convene a workgroup to identify the steps necessary to establish a CalFresh application submission process that accommodates the large influx of CalFresh applications during the beginning of a school term, as specified, and to submit a report, on or before April 1, 2023, to the Legislature on the necessary steps identified by the workgroup and any estimates of costs associated with implementing those steps.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 874, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5943.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
June 14 hearing postponed by committee.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2822.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2795.) (January 20).
Set for hearing January 20.
January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing January 18.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (January 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Set for hearing January 5 in HUMAN S. pending receipt.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB641 | HTML |
| 02/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 01/03/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 01/20/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/25/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 01/03/22- Senate Human Services | |
| 01/15/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 01/20/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 01/25/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/22- Assembly Human Services | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/19/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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