---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs program."
description: "CalWORKs program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1233"
citation: "California AB 1233 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/161f707e-1969-4c4d-975e-1f6298d629ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233"
source_hash: "7faa5973378bf7df2b676a7f2c9cd9eae5404f838fe8ba26600bdbe50542c75a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1233 (19992000) — CalWORKs program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123399INT)
2. **01/20/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123397AMD)
3. **01/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123396AMD)
4. **01/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123395AMD)
5. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123398AMD)
6. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123394AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123393AMD)
8. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123391CHP)
9. **AB1233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233)
10. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1233&version=19990AB123392ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1233 ARONER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1233 ARONER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1233 ARONER AMENDMENTS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1233 Aroner By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 933, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 28. Page 8771.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8534.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2000-08-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 5992.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 37. Page 5021.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-27** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 4989.) Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **2000-01-14** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Shelley.
- **1999-06-03** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Aroner.
- **1999-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/161f707e-1969-4c4d-975e-1f6298d629ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).