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Measure AB 593
Authors Wicks  
Subject CalFresh: data sharing.
Relating To relating to CalFresh.
Title An act to amend Section 18901.59 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalFresh.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-11     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2932.).
2025-09-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2436.).
2025-08-26     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-25     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-08-18     (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2175.)
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.
2025-08-13     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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.
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.
2025-06-23     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-11     Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1813.)
2025-05-15     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-14     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2025-05-05     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-01     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-30     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29).
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-13     From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2025-02-12     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-08
Amended Senate     2025-08-18
Amended Assembly     2025-05-01
Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-12
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								The department may identify data-sharing opportunities with other state and local public entities, and any other unit of state government, for the purposes of improving the administration of CalFresh, increasing CalFresh participation, measuring the impact of
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								The department shall designate an executive-level employee of the department who shall report to the Director of Social Services on the implementation of the provisions of this
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Last Version Text Digest 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.