California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 6 — CalWORKs and CalFresh.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 501, Statutes of 2011.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 06, 2010. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and other social services to needy families through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing federal law provides for the federal 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. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center to design, implement, and maintain a statewide fingerprint imaging system for use in connection with the determination of eligibility for benefits under the CalWORKs program, excluding the Aid to Families with Dependent Children‑Foster Care program, and CalFresh. Existing law, with specified exceptions, requires applicants for, and recipients of, CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits, as a condition of eligibility, to be fingerprint imaged, pursuant to the statewide fingerprint imaging system. This bill would remove the requirement that applicants for, and recipients of, CalFresh benefits, as a condition of eligibility, be fingerprint imaged and would make related conforming changes. Under existing law, the county is required to annually redetermine eligibility for CalWORKs benefits. Existing law additionally requires the county to redetermine recipient eligibility and grant amounts on a quarterly basis, using prospective budgeting, and to prospectively determine the grant amount that a recipient is entitled to receive for each month of the quarterly reporting period. Under existing law, a CalWORKs recipient is required to report to the county, orally or in writing, specified changes that could affect the amount of aid to which the recipient is entitled. Under existing law, the CalWORKs quarterly reporting system is also implemented by the State Department of Social Services in administering SNAP. This bill would make inoperative October 1, 2013, and repeal January 1, 2014, the requirements relating to quarterly reporting and prospective determination grant amounts, and would, instead, impose similar requirements for a semiannual reporting period, operative April 1, 2013, to be implemented no later than October 1, 2013. This bill would require each county to transition recipients to a semiannual reporting system simultaneously and require each county to provide a certificate to the Director of Social Services certifying that semiannual reporting has been implemented in the county. The bill would also require the department to establish an income reporting threshold for CalWORKs recipients, as specified. The bill would make various related conforming changes, including revising provisions relating to the collection of CalWORKs grant overpayments. The bill would authorize counties to adopt staggered semiannual reporting requirements, as specified. This bill would prohibit administrative savings associated with the implementation of semiannual reporting from exceeding the amount necessary to fund the net General Fund costs of the semiannual reporting, and would authorize the reflection of possible additional savings in excess of this amount only to the extent that they are based on actual savings, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions through all-county letters until the adoption of implementing regulations, as prescribed. Existing law requires the Department of Community Services and Development to receive and administer the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program block grant. This bill would, to the extent permitted by federal law, require the State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the Department of Community Services and Development, to design, implement by January 1, 2013, and maintain a utility assistance initiative. Under the bill, the State Department of Social Services would be required to grant applicants and recipients of CalFresh benefits a nominal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) service benefit, as specified, out of the federal LIHEAP block grant and any funds allocated for this purpose not expended and reinvested into the program, as prescribed. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program. This bill would, instead, provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing the bill. To the extent that the bill would expand eligibility for CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 501, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 2860.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2193.).

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25).

  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 1700.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 27).

  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  17. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. Read second time and amended.

  19. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 5).

  20. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Beall · Cosponsor
  • Blumenfield · Cosponsor
  • Dickinson · Cosponsor
  • Fuentes · Primary
  • Hall · Cosponsor
  • Padilla · Cosponsor
  • Pavley · Cosponsor
  • Skinner · Cosponsor
  • Solorio · Cosponsor
  • Yamada · Cosponsor
  • Josh Lowenthal · Cosponsor
  • Roger Hernández · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Fuentes

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (110)

110 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 6 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 50 Yea · 26 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 492404
Republican 0200
Democratic 1000
Total 502604
% of votes cast 63%33%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Butler — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Fong — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Campos — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Carter — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Knight — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Logue — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Dickinson — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Lara — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB6 Fuentes By Leno

Passed 27 Yea · 11 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 251002
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 271102
% of votes cast 68%28%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Huff — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Runner — Nay
Negrete McLeod — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Blakeslee — Nay
Dutton — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6300
Total 6300
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Runner — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Emmerson — Nay

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Emmerson — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea

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AB 6 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading

Passed 49 Yea · 27 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 482504
Republican 0200
Democratic 1000
Total 492704
% of votes cast 61%34%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Campos — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fong — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Allen — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Carter — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Gatto — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huber — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Knight — Nay
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Williams — Yea
Butler — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Halderman — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Logue — Nay
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Eng — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10600
Democratic 1000
Total 11600
% of votes cast 65%35%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Campos — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Nay
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 6 do?
Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and other social services to needy families through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing federal law provides for the federal 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. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services and the California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center to design, implement, and maintain a statewide fingerprint imaging system for use in connection with the determination of eligibility for benefits under the CalWORKs program, excluding the Aid to Families with Dependent Children‑Foster Care program, and CalFresh. Existing law, with specified exceptions, requires applicants for, and recipients of, CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits, as a condition of eligibility, to be fingerprint imaged, pursuant to the statewide fingerprint imaging system. This bill would remove the requirement that applicants for, and recipients of, CalFresh benefits, as a condition of eligibility, be fingerprint imaged and would make related conforming changes. Under existing law, the county is required to annually redetermine eligibility for CalWORKs benefits. Existing law additionally requires the county to redetermine recipient eligibility and grant amounts on a quarterly basis, using prospective budgeting, and to prospectively determine the grant amount that a recipient is entitled to receive for each month of the quarterly reporting period. Under existing law, a CalWORKs recipient is required to report to the county, orally or in writing, specified changes that could affect the amount of aid to which the recipient is entitled. Under existing law, the CalWORKs quarterly reporting system is also implemented by the State Department of Social Services in administering SNAP. This bill would make inoperative October 1, 2013, and repeal January 1, 2014, the requirements relating to quarterly reporting and prospective determination grant amounts, and would, instead, impose similar requirements for a semiannual reporting period, operative April 1, 2013, to be implemented no later than October 1, 2013. This bill would require each county to transition recipients to a semiannual reporting system simultaneously and require each county to provide a certificate to the Director of Social Services certifying that semiannual reporting has been implemented in the county. The bill would also require the department to establish an income reporting threshold for CalWORKs recipients, as specified. The bill would make various related conforming changes, including revising provisions relating to the collection of CalWORKs grant overpayments. The bill would authorize counties to adopt staggered semiannual reporting requirements, as specified. This bill would prohibit administrative savings associated with the implementation of semiannual reporting from exceeding the amount necessary to fund the net General Fund costs of the semiannual reporting, and would authorize the reflection of possible additional savings in excess of this amount only to the extent that they are based on actual savings, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions through all-county letters until the adoption of implementing regulations, as prescribed. Existing law requires the Department of Community Services and Development to receive and administer the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program block grant. This bill would, to the extent permitted by federal law, require the State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the Department of Community Services and Development, to design, implement by January 1, 2013, and maintain a utility assistance initiative. Under the bill, the State Department of Social Services would be required to grant applicants and recipients of CalFresh benefits a nominal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) service benefit, as specified, out of the federal LIHEAP block grant and any funds allocated for this purpose not expended and reinvested into the program, as prescribed. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program. This bill would, instead, provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing the bill. To the extent that the bill would expand eligibility for CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Who sponsors AB 6?
AB 6 is sponsored by Beall, Blumenfield, Dickinson, Fuentes, Hall, Padilla, Pavley, Skinner, Solorio, Yamada, Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic), and Roger Hernández.
What is the current status of AB 6?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 06, 2010. Enacted.
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