---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health and human services."
description: "(1) Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states, with California's version of this program being known as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Under the CalWORKs program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals who meet specified eligibility criteria, including participating in specified welfare-to-work activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 85"
citation: "California AB 85 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Health and human services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7789e949-e3a8-4911-80aa-d3e5fd83f9bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB85"
source_hash: "bee992c7b117cb5231752377d125760eac9897fb79a4b3d3da108247396bbe5a"
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 85 (20132014) — Health and human services.

(1) Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states, with California's version of this program being known as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Under the CalWORKs program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals who meet specified eligibility criteria, including participating in specified welfare-to-work activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB85&version=20130AB8599INT)
2. **06/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB85&version=20130AB8598AMD)
3. **06/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB85&version=20130AB8596CHP)
4. **AB85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB85)
5. **06/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB85&version=20130AB8597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 85 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **51–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB85 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 85 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **53–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-09** (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1312.)
- **2013-05-09** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-09** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1313.)
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1314.)
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 1395.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-14** (Ayes 24. Noes 6. Page 1361.)
- **2013-06-14** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1363.)
- **2013-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 1384.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-06-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2045.)
- **2013-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2045.)
- **2013-06-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 2046.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7789e949-e3a8-4911-80aa-d3e5fd83f9bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).