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Bill	CalWORKs: pregnant women.	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. Existing law provides that when a family does not include a needy child qualified for aid under CalWORKs, aid shall be paid to a pregnant mother for the month in which the birth is anticipated and for the 3-month period immediately prior to the month in which the birth is anticipated.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1579	California AB 1579 (20132014)	bill	CalWORKs: pregnant women.	enacted	Stone	7	23	8	2014-01-30	2014-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/81170743-8a9d-4525-bcbd-96d113c3fbe5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1579	32dddd93747ad0a2d7dca75812f8396fdc68eb82be4ad9bfae90474aabdcc9ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1579 (20132014) — CalWORKs: pregnant women.

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. Existing law provides that when a family does not include a needy child qualified for aid under CalWORKs, aid shall be paid to a pregnant mother for the month in which the birth is anticipated and for the 3-month period immediately prior to the month in which the birth is anticipated.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1579 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1579 Stone By Mitchell — 27–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1579 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1579 STONE Assembly Third Reading — 59–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stone — primary (person)
• Mitchell — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2014-02-06 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2014-03-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-01 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 5367.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-05 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2014-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-06-23 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 3. Page 4731.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 6398.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81170743-8a9d-4525-bcbd-96d113c3fbe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).