republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public social services: hearings."
description: "Existing law provides various public social services and requires that an applicant for, or recipient of, public social services be accorded an opportunity for a state hearing if, among other reasons, the applicant or recipient is dissatisfied with any action of the county department relating to his or her application for, or receipt of, public social services. Existing law requires, if regulations require a public or private agency to write a position statement concerning the issues in question in a fair hearing, or if the agency chooses to develop such a statement, the agency to make available to the applicant or recipient a copy of the agency's position statement at the county welfare department not less than two working days prior to the date of the hearing. Existing law excludes the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health from that requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2346"
citation: "California AB 2346 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public social services: hearings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d9568b-3726-486b-88ca-8d368d05b9c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346"
source_hash: "f252afeed93c8ccafbd279b7ec1b67cdef8dff6c6bab8b0270ed5accd138e60e"
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 2346 (20152016) — Public social services: hearings.

Existing law provides various public social services and requires that an applicant for, or recipient of, public social services be accorded an opportunity for a state hearing if, among other reasons, the applicant or recipient is dissatisfied with any action of the county department relating to his or her application for, or receipt of, public social services. Existing law requires, if regulations require a public or private agency to write a position statement concerning the issues in question in a fair hearing, or if the agency chooses to develop such a statement, the agency to make available to the applicant or recipient a copy of the agency's position statement at the county welfare department not less than two working days prior to the date of the hearing. Existing law excludes the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health from that requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346&version=20150AB234699INT)
2. **03/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346&version=20150AB234698AMD)
3. **06/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346&version=20150AB234697AMD)
4. **08/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346&version=20150AB234696AMD)
5. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346&version=20150AB234694CHP)
6. **AB2346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346)
7. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2346&version=20150AB234695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2346 BAKER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2346 Baker By McGuire — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2346 BAKER Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Obernolte — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-31** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4901.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5255.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6280.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 522, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d9568b-3726-486b-88ca-8d368d05b9c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).