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CA AB 553

enacted

CalFresh: food access.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 553 pass?

Yes. CA AB 553 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-14. Latest recorded action (2025-07-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 38, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 553 about?

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. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to seek all available federal waivers and approvals necessary to maximize food choices for CalFresh recipients under federal law and guidance, including to purchase hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption, pursuant to federal law, as specified. This bill would instead require the department to maximize all available food choices for CalFresh recipients, including, but not limited to, hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption, pursuant to federal law, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 553?

Caloza is the primary sponsor of CA AB 553, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to seek all available federal waivers and approvals necessary to maximize food choices for CalFresh recipients under federal law and guidance, including to purchase hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption, pursuant to federal law, as specified. This bill would instead require the department to maximize all available food choices for CalFresh recipients, including, but not limited to, hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption, pursuant to federal law, as specified.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-07-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 38, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Calozaauthor
  • Calderoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-11

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-12

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  4. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  6. 2025-03-26

    Coauthors revised.

  7. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).

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  9. 2025-04-10

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  10. 2025-04-24

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1276.)

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  11. 2025-04-24

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  13. 2025-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-06-30

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  15. 2025-07-01

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  16. 2025-07-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1932.).

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  17. 2025-07-03

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  18. 2025-07-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  19. 2025-07-14

    Approved by the Governor.

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  20. 2025-07-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 38, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/11/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-11Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 07/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-08Compare
  • 07/14/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-14Compare
  • AB553Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Essayli: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: other

  • AB 553 Caloza Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-04-24 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Harabedian: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-16 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB553 Caloza et al.

    2025-07-03 · pass · 35-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grove: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Dahle: other
    • Seyarto: other

Related bills

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