California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 433 — Public social services: CalWORKs.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2015.

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  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 19, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires that aid under the CalWORKs program be paid for each qualified family, which includes all eligible brothers and sisters of each eligible applicant or recipient child and the parents of the children, but does not include unborn children or recipients of aid under the Burton-Moscone-Bagley Citizens' Income Security Act for Aged, Blind and Disabled Californians. This bill would require a deceased child to continue to be included as a member of a qualified family for the month in which his or her death occurred, and the following month. Under the CalWORKs program, recipients are required to participate in specified welfare-to-work activities, unless certain circumstance are present. When an individual fails or refuses to comply with specified components of the CalWORKs program without good cause, the individual is subject to prescribed financial sanctions. This bill would prohibit sanctions from being applied for a grieving parent's failure or refusal to comply with program requirements during the month in which a child in the assistance unit died, or the following month. The bill would also require, upon receiving notification of the death of a child in the assistance unit, the county to assist a grieving parent in accessing services for which he or she may be eligible and to provide information to the grieving parent about mental health services. By imposing new duties on counties, this bill would impose 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. 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 514, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2569.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27).

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

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  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 74. Noes 0. Page 1561.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  15. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  19. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chu · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Chu

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB433 Chu By Hancock

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea

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AB 433 CHU Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65005
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Kim — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Weber — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 433 do?
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires that aid under the CalWORKs program be paid for each qualified family, which includes all eligible brothers and sisters of each eligible applicant or recipient child and the parents of the children, but does not include unborn children or recipients of aid under the Burton-Moscone-Bagley Citizens' Income Security Act for Aged, Blind and Disabled Californians. This bill would require a deceased child to continue to be included as a member of a qualified family for the month in which his or her death occurred, and the following month. Under the CalWORKs program, recipients are required to participate in specified welfare-to-work activities, unless certain circumstance are present. When an individual fails or refuses to comply with specified components of the CalWORKs program without good cause, the individual is subject to prescribed financial sanctions. This bill would prohibit sanctions from being applied for a grieving parent's failure or refusal to comply with program requirements during the month in which a child in the assistance unit died, or the following month. The bill would also require, upon receiving notification of the death of a child in the assistance unit, the county to assist a grieving parent in accessing services for which he or she may be eligible and to provide information to the grieving parent about mental health services. By imposing new duties on counties, this bill would impose 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. 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 433?
AB 433 is sponsored by Chu.
What is the current status of AB 433?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2015. Enacted.
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