---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits."
description: "Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 231"
citation: "California AB 231 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-01-30"
last_action: "2003-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec0606a4-2ae9-46a4-9856-6561a52d2852"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231"
source_hash: "82fca7834df6a5d27a26ba151484b90c59a027e8b25d7c8d02e312ec3322decc"
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 231 (20032004) — Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23199INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23198AMD)
3. **06/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23197AMD)
4. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23196AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23195AMD)
6. **10/10/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23193CHP)
7. **AB231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231)
8. **09/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231&version=20030AB23194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 231 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 231 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab231 steinberg by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — author (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 743, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 3729.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2426.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-16** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 30. Page 2161.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2003-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec0606a4-2ae9-46a4-9856-6561a52d2852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).