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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public assistance: personal interviews."
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description: "Existing law provides for protection, care, and assistance for people of the state by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressed. Programs established for this purpose include the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (CalWORKs) , which provides cash assistance and other social services to needy families, using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing law prohibits an applicant from being granted public assistance under CalWORKs until he or she is personally interviewed by the county human services agency or state hospital staff. Existing law also requires the county department to verify if an applicant is incapable of acting on his or her own behalf by personal contact with the applicant before aid is authorized."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 947"
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citation: "California SB 947 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public assistance: personal interviews."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-02-03"
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last_action: "2016-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d187aed-b7bc-43c0-bd48-e0aec49b83bb"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947"
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source_hash: "ea853b65a7e3727efb1f7798626b7bdcdcdeaf11d35bba0deb4c7327a979abdc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 947 (20152016) — Public assistance: personal interviews.
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Existing law provides for protection, care, and assistance for people of the state by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressed. Programs established for this purpose include the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (CalWORKs) , which provides cash assistance and other social services to needy families, using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing law prohibits an applicant from being granted public assistance under CalWORKs until he or she is personally interviewed by the county human services agency or state hospital staff. Existing law also requires the county department to verify if an applicant is incapable of acting on his or her own behalf by personal contact with the applicant before aid is authorized.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/03/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94799INT)
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2. **03/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94798AMD)
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3. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94797AMD)
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4. **08/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94796AMD)
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5. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94795AMD)
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6. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94793CHP)
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7. **SB947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947)
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8. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB947&version=20150SB94794ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB947 Pan Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
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- SB 947 Pan Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — **61–17** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 947 Pan Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA Amendment Set #1 — **52–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-09** Set for hearing March 29.
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- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 3311.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-03-31** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
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- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4000.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 4094.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5858.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 6012.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5370.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 798, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d187aed-b7bc-43c0-bd48-e0aec49b83bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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