republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1078.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs: eligibility: income and assets."
description: "CalWORKs: eligibility: income and assets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1078"
citation: "California AB 1078 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs: eligibility: income and assets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieber"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2fff80b-9827-405d-a595-89fe8bf894c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078"
source_hash: "863710807a5d6f87ab30db3a0bdb74cac0dac4199e8d6601058cc7e2c091844e"
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 1078 (20072008) — CalWORKs: eligibility: income and assets.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107899INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107898AMD)
3. **04/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107897AMD)
4. **07/02/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107896AMD)
5. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107895AMD)
6. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107894AMD)
7. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107893AMD)
8. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107891CHP)
9. **AB1078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078)
10. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1078&version=20070AB107892ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1078 Lieber By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1078 LIEBER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1078 Lieber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lieber — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1819.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** 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`
- **2007-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-09-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 17. Page 2533.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 3321.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 622, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2fff80b-9827-405d-a595-89fe8bf894c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).