---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs eligibility: work activities."
description: "CalWORKs eligibility: work activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 98"
citation: "California AB 98 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs eligibility: work activities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2006-12-21"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e00314e-286d-40d1-8a1f-517fcf6bb9ee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB98"
source_hash: "5c17f2862178664ec7e60f8255227fe18dcc2856bfd71445ce286949ba4af71d"
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 98 (20072008) — CalWORKs eligibility: work activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/21/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB98&version=20070AB9899INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB98&version=20070AB9898AMD)
3. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB98&version=20070AB9896CHP)
4. **AB98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB98)
5. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB98&version=20070AB9897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 98 NIELLO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB98 Niello By Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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

## Sponsors

- Niello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2006-12-22** From printer. May be heard in committee January 21.
- **2007-01-03** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** 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`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1871.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 4. Page 2554.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 589, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e00314e-286d-40d1-8a1f-517fcf6bb9ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).