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Bill	CalWORKs and CalFresh: eligibility determinations.	Existing federal law provides for the 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1232	California SB 1232 (20152016)	bill	CalWORKs and CalFresh: eligibility determinations.	enacted	Leno	8	29	9	2016-02-18	2016-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c35e1ef1-36d7-42d3-a22c-d9ad0db368e7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1232	29387ab39e693f4b130f46910aaeb36d6efbeda2a08f0536a7d16219a1f65aaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1232 (20152016) — CalWORKs and CalFresh: eligibility determinations.

Existing federal law provides for the 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1232 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/19/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent # — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1232 Leno Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3311.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2016-04-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3520.) (April 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2016-05-02 May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4006.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4150.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, 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
• 2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5779.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-16 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-18 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 308, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c35e1ef1-36d7-42d3-a22c-d9ad0db368e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).