republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2382.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy."
description: "(1) Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states, with California's version of this program being known as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Under the CalWORKs program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals who meet specified eligibility criteria, including participating in specified welfare-to-work activities. Existing law exempts from these welfare-to-work requirements a child who is under 16 years of age or attending an elementary, secondary, vocational, or technical school on a full-time basis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2382"
citation: "California AB 2382 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98fa87d-03b3-49f3-8546-3d75d69e9136"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382"
source_hash: "893d3a6262a16dfd4bf24ce820f4ee652ef851e3a675bd3ec1d9453038b1f556"
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 2382 (20132014) — CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy.

(1) Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states, with California's version of this program being known as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Under the CalWORKs program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals who meet specified eligibility criteria, including participating in specified welfare-to-work activities. Existing law exempts from these welfare-to-work requirements a child who is under 16 years of age or attending an elementary, secondary, vocational, or technical school on a full-time basis.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382&version=20130AB238299INT)
2. **05/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382&version=20130AB238298AMD)
3. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382&version=20130AB238297AMD)
4. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382&version=20130AB238295CHP)
5. **AB2382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382)
6. **08/27/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2382&version=20130AB238296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2382 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2382 Bradford By Beall — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2382 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5065.)
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 5190.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** 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 24. Noes 9. Page 4700.). `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 64. Noes 7. Page 6388.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 905, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d98fa87d-03b3-49f3-8546-3d75d69e9136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).