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type: "Bill"
title: "Public assistance payments and unemployment compensation benefits: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts."
description: "Existing law provides for protection, care, and assistance for people of the state, and the promotion of the welfare and happiness of all people in the state by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressed. Programs established for this purpose include the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program, which provides cash assistance and other social services to needy families, using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds, and CalFresh, whereby nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Counties administer the CalWORKs and CalFresh programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1280"
citation: "California AB 1280 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public assistance payments and unemployment compensation benefits: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6275c40-f109-456e-a095-9b24bb2866e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280"
source_hash: "28812c2f289647bcabb17e87fb9872cd93cd2cf1c184d080b78e8e1e335d4364"
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 1280 (20132014) — Public assistance payments and unemployment compensation benefits: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts.
Existing law provides for protection, care, and assistance for people of the state, and the promotion of the welfare and happiness of all people in the state by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressed. Programs established for this purpose include the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program, which provides cash assistance and other social services to needy families, using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds, and CalFresh, whereby nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Counties administer the CalWORKs and CalFresh programs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280&version=20130AB128099INT)
2. **06/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280&version=20130AB128098AMD)
3. **08/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280&version=20130AB128097AMD)
4. **08/20/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280&version=20130AB128096AMD)
5. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280&version=20130AB128094CHP)
6. **AB1280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280)
7. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1280&version=20130AB128095ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1280 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- AB 1280 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1280 John A. Pérez — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **50** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1280 John A. Pérez By Leno — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1578.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-19** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2013-08-19** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2013-08-20** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1943.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2692.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6275c40-f109-456e-a095-9b24bb2866e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).