Social services: communications: computer-generated text messages.
Existing law provides for various public social services programs for purposes of providing on behalf of the general public, and within the limits of public resources, reasonable support and maintenance for needy and dependent families and persons, including, among others, 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 and individuals, CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county, and the Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants (CAPI) , which provides cash benefits to aged, blind, and disabled legal immigrants who meet specified criteria.
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AB 1957
California AB 1957 (20172018)
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Social services: communications: computer-generated text messages.
California AB 1957 (20172018) — Social services: communications: computer-generated text messages.
Existing law provides for various public social services programs for purposes of providing on behalf of the general public, and within the limits of public resources, reasonable support and maintenance for needy and dependent families and persons, including, among others, 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 and individuals, CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county, and the Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants (CAPI) , which provides cash benefits to aged, blind, and disabled legal immigrants who meet specified criteria.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1957 BERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1957 Berman By Wiener — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1957 BERMAN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
2018-02-08 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
2018-03-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2018-03-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-04-02 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2018-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-04-19 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2018-05-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5395.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5555.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6606.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6763caf0-21af-46db-a2db-4554345d01d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).