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CA AB 593

enacted

CalFresh: data sharing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 593 pass?

Yes. CA AB 593 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 593 about?

Existing federal law establishes 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 state law authorizes the State Department of Social Services to identify data-sharing opportunities with other state and local public entities for the purposes of improving the administration of CalFresh, increasing CalFresh participation, and measuring the impact of CalFresh, among other purposes. Existing law authorizes public entities, to the extent permitted by federal law, to share data with the department for these purposes. This bill would remove the authorization for public entities to share data with the department for the above-described purposes.

Who sponsors CA AB 593?

Wicks is the primary sponsor of CA AB 593.

Description

Existing federal law establishes 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 state law authorizes the State Department of Social Services to identify data-sharing opportunities with other state and local public entities for the purposes of improving the administration of CalFresh, increasing CalFresh participation, and measuring the impact of CalFresh, among other purposes. Existing law authorizes public entities, to the extent permitted by federal law, to share data with the department for these purposes. This bill would remove the authorization for public entities to share data with the department for the above-described purposes.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wicksauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  3. 2025-03-24

    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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  4. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  5. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  6. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29).

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  7. 2025-05-01

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-05-05

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  10. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1813.)

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  12. 2025-06-03

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

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  13. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD.

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  14. 2025-06-23

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  16. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-08-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  18. 2025-08-18

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

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  19. 2025-08-18

    (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2175.)

  20. 2025-08-25

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  21. 2025-08-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2436.).

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  23. 2025-09-04

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2932.).

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  24. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  25. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  26. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  27. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/12/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-12Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 08/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-18Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB593Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-29 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0

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

  • AB 593 Wicks Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-07 · pass · 5-0

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB593 Wicks By Arreguín

    2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0

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

  • AB 593 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-04 · pass · 77-0

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

Related bills

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