---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public social services."
description: "Existing law provides for public social services programs, such as the CalWORKs program, the Medi-Cal program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) , and CalFresh."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1400"
citation: "California AB 1400 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public social services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Human Services"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-03-01"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb5e023-d374-433c-9ee8-2ad411016a90"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400"
source_hash: "50d56dfe2c9f561648809d9e079593ef3df97dfba2f2330f2462977cb346880b"
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 1400 (20112012) — Public social services.

Existing law provides for public social services programs, such as the CalWORKs program, the Medi-Cal program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) , and CalFresh.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/01/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400&version=20110AB140099INT)
2. **06/08/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400&version=20110AB140098AMD)
3. **06/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400&version=20110AB140097AMD)
4. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400&version=20110AB140095CHP)
5. **AB1400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400)
6. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1400&version=20110AB140096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1400 HUM. S. Assembly Third Reading By BEALL — **68–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1400 Committee on HUMAN S. (Beall) By Liu — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1400 HUM. S. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BEALL — **63–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Human Services — primary (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** From printer. May be heard in committee April 1.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 9. Page 1514.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 1853.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 2386.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbb5e023-d374-433c-9ee8-2ad411016a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).