California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 910 — CalWORKs: welfare-to-work activities: hours.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2017.

  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 February 16, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 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 block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing law requires families to be grouped into assistance units for purposes of determining eligibility and computing the amount of CalWORKs aid to be paid. Existing law establishes a 48-month lifetime limit of CalWORKs benefits for eligible adults, as specified. Under existing law, a recipient of CalWORKs is required to participate in certain welfare-to-work activities for a specified number of hours each week as a condition of eligibility for aid for 24 cumulative months, as specified, and to meet other federal requirements afterwards, as specified. Existing law exempts a person with a disability, as specified, from participation in welfare-to-work activities. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2018, recast these provisions and would clarify that an adult in an assistance unit that includes 2 adults, one of whom is disabled, is required to participate in welfare-to-work activities for the same number of hours per week as an adult in an assistance unit that includes only one adult. The bill would also provide that the hour requirement is an average of at least 20 hours per week during the month for a pregnant woman receiving CalWORKs benefits during the above-described 24 months, and an average of at least 30 hours per week during the month after the 24 months, if the assistance unit consists only of that pregnant woman. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to issue an all-county letter or similar instructions, and to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill no later than July 1, 2020. 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3098.).

  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 38. Noes 0. Page 2340.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. Measure version as amended on July 5 corrected.

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

  12. Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 1980.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 26).

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

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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

  21. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Ridley-Thomas · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Ridley-Thomas

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 910 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 77 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57001
Democratic 15000
Republican 5100
Total 77101
% of votes cast 97%1%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chau — Yea
Low — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chu — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB910 Ridley-Thomas By Nguyen

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33002
Democratic 5000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Portantino — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 910 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 block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing law requires families to be grouped into assistance units for purposes of determining eligibility and computing the amount of CalWORKs aid to be paid. Existing law establishes a 48-month lifetime limit of CalWORKs benefits for eligible adults, as specified. Under existing law, a recipient of CalWORKs is required to participate in certain welfare-to-work activities for a specified number of hours each week as a condition of eligibility for aid for 24 cumulative months, as specified, and to meet other federal requirements afterwards, as specified. Existing law exempts a person with a disability, as specified, from participation in welfare-to-work activities. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2018, recast these provisions and would clarify that an adult in an assistance unit that includes 2 adults, one of whom is disabled, is required to participate in welfare-to-work activities for the same number of hours per week as an adult in an assistance unit that includes only one adult. The bill would also provide that the hour requirement is an average of at least 20 hours per week during the month for a pregnant woman receiving CalWORKs benefits during the above-described 24 months, and an average of at least 30 hours per week during the month after the 24 months, if the assistance unit consists only of that pregnant woman. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to issue an all-county letter or similar instructions, and to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill no later than July 1, 2020. 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.
Who sponsors AB 910?
AB 910 is sponsored by Ridley-Thomas.
What is the current status of AB 910?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 910?
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