republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-231.md

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Bill	Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits.	Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 231	California AB 231 (20032004)	bill	Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits.	enacted	Steinberg	8	23	8	2003-01-30	2003-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/ec0606a4-2ae9-46a4-9856-6561a52d2852	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB231	82fca7834df6a5d27a26ba151484b90c59a027e8b25d7c8d02e312ec3322decc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 231 (20032004) — Food stamps: CalWORKs: benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB231 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/10/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 231 steinberg assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 231 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab231 steinberg by cedillo — pass (pass) · upper
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steinberg — primary (person)
• Chan — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Dutra — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — author (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Ortiz — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Simitian — coauthor (person)
• Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 743, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2003-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 3729.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2426.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-07-14 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-06-19 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-12 Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. referral-committee
• 2003-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 30. Page 2161.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-04-23 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-04-22 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-21 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 8). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-02-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 2003-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2003-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec0606a4-2ae9-46a4-9856-6561a52d2852. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).