republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1640.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs benefits: pregnant mothers."
description: "Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1640"
citation: "California AB 1640 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs benefits: pregnant mothers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-13"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d790b503-233a-4c71-b077-85f04b85c348"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640"
source_hash: "e779bd8aecb57193d0176f7f76b4f43e5dee7df605ca858d803c0b2f884d5799"
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 1640 (20112012) — CalWORKs benefits: pregnant mothers.

Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640&version=20110AB164099INT)
2. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640&version=20110AB164098AMD)
3. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640&version=20110AB164097AMD)
4. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640&version=20110AB164095CHP)
5. **AB1640** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1640&version=20110AB164096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1640 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — **50–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1640 Mitchell By Liu — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1640 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5186.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4708.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 26. Page 6300.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d790b503-233a-4c71-b077-85f04b85c348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).