--- type: "Bill" title: "CalWORKs: permanent housing assistance." description: "Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals. Existing law provides for homeless assistance to a homeless family seeking shelter when the family is eligible for CalWORKs aid, including a nonrecurring special needs benefit for permanent housing assistance to pay for last month's rent and security deposits if these payments are conditions of securing a residence, or to pay for up to 2 months of rent arrearages, if these payments are a reasonable condition of preventing eviction. Existing law prohibits the last month's rent or monthly arrearage portion of the payment from exceeding 80% of the family's total monthly household income without the value of CalFresh benefits or special needs benefit for a family of that size, and requires it be made to families that have found permanent housing costing no more than 80% of the family's total monthly household income without the value of CalFresh benefits or special needs benefit for a family of that size." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1415" citation: "California SB 1415 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["CalWORKs", "permanent housing assistance"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-02-16" last_action: "2024-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b986a5-9d28-4767-803c-b26f2dc078b2" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415" source_hash: "b27c8c4712097001e3460b34c8cda74859850ee9f7fffa62d507868b9814b12d" 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 SB 1415 (20232024) — CalWORKs: permanent housing assistance. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals. Existing law provides for homeless assistance to a homeless family seeking shelter when the family is eligible for CalWORKs aid, including a nonrecurring special needs benefit for permanent housing assistance to pay for last month's rent and security deposits if these payments are conditions of securing a residence, or to pay for up to 2 months of rent arrearages, if these payments are a reasonable condition of preventing eviction. Existing law prohibits the last month's rent or monthly arrearage portion of the payment from exceeding 80% of the family's total monthly household income without the value of CalFresh benefits or special needs benefit for a family of that size, and requires it be made to families that have found permanent housing costing no more than 80% of the family's total monthly household income without the value of CalFresh benefits or special needs benefit for a family of that size. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415&version=20230SB141599INT) 2. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415&version=20230SB141598AMD) 3. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415&version=20230SB141597AMD) 4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415&version=20230SB141595CHP) 5. **SB1415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415) 6. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1415&version=20230SB141596ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent SB1415 Glazer et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1415 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Lee — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent SB1415 Glazer et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Glazer — primary (person) - Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person) - Gipson — coauthor (person) - Ortega — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-04** Set for hearing April 15. - **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3607.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29. - **2024-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16. - **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3982.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-22** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4211.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-07-02** July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6805.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5750.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 798, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b986a5-9d28-4767-803c-b26f2dc078b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).