Existing law establishes various public social services programs to provide for protection, care, and assistance to the people of the state in need of those services, by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressed. Counties are responsible for administrating some of these programs, such as CalWORKs, CalFresh, and the Medically Indigent Services Program or the County Medical Services Program. Existing law, in this regard, and with some exceptions, requires all applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of public social services for which grants-in-aid are received by this state from the federal government be kept confidential, and authorizes a county welfare department in the state to release lists of applicants for, or recipients of, public social services to any other county welfare department or the State Department of Social Services, as specified.
California SB 346 (20132014) — Public social services: records.
Existing law establishes various public social services programs to provide for protection, care, and assistance to the people of the state in need of those services, by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressed. Counties are responsible for administrating some of these programs, such as CalWORKs, CalFresh, and the Medically Indigent Services Program or the County Medical Services Program. Existing law, in this regard, and with some exceptions, requires all applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of public social services for which grants-in-aid are received by this state from the federal government be kept confidential, and authorizes a county welfare department in the state to release lists of applicants for, or recipients of, public social services to any other county welfare department or the State Department of Social Services, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 346 Beall Senate Third Reading By STONE — 51–26 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB346 Beall Concurrence — 24–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2013-02-28 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2013-03-12 Set for hearing April 9.
2013-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 485.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-12 Set for hearing April 23.
2013-04-15 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-04-16 Set for hearing April 23.
2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 663.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 710.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-16 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2013-05-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-08 Read third time and amended. (Page 2476.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. (Page 2938.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
2013-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3063.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 2369.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2013-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 658, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9416ab14-be2f-40b7-8084-32d068db117c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).