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Bill	CalWORKs: rehabilitation services.	Existing law establishes the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families using federal, state, and county funds. Existing law requires a recipient of CalWORKs to participate in welfare-to-work activities as a condition of eligibility, as specified. Existing law sets forth a statement of legislative intent relating to the CalWORKs program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2877	California AB 2877 (20152016)	bill	CalWORKs: rehabilitation services.	enacted	Committee on Human Services	4	17	5	2016-02-22	2016-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/41781416-8c3d-4aa7-9112-920364f6d29b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2877	ce5e36b3d9889023b7bce69d1260bf22131eac758f2ffbc42cb4187d31133a4c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2877 (20152016) — CalWORKs: rehabilitation services.

Existing law establishes the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families using federal, state, and county funds. Existing law requires a recipient of CalWORKs to participate in welfare-to-work activities as a condition of eligibility, as specified. Existing law sets forth a statement of legislative intent relating to the CalWORKs program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/25/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2877 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2877 HUM. S. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB2877 Committee On HUM. S. — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Human Services — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2016-03-28 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4790.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4874.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2016-08-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 190, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41781416-8c3d-4aa7-9112-920364f6d29b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).