---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs: child support."
description: "CalWORKs: child support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 176"
citation: "California AB 176 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs: child support."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-01-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e309c2f4-c974-43fb-872d-f7c3e3f5f350"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176"
source_hash: "e9ccbd80358e3370929d4818bbef87bb974fd4ec24a70305dcf9517f38dbfdaf"
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 176 (20072008) — CalWORKs: child support.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176&version=20070AB17699INT)
2. **03/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176&version=20070AB17698AMD)
3. **08/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176&version=20070AB17697AMD)
4. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176&version=20070AB17696AMD)
5. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176&version=20070AB17694CHP)
6. **AB176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176)
7. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB176&version=20070AB17695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 176 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB176 Jones By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 176 JONES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Beall — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 1788.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 7.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator Kuehl.
- **2007-09-11** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2632.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3398.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e309c2f4-c974-43fb-872d-f7c3e3f5f350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).