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. Under existing law, certain amounts are exempt from the calculation of family income for purposes of determining the amount of a grant under the CalWORKs program, including specified amounts of disability-based unearned income and earned income.
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. Under existing law, certain amounts are exempt from the calculation of family income for purposes of determining the amount of a grant under the CalWORKs program, including specified amounts of disability-based unearned income and earned income.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent Calendar SB570 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Newman — primary (person)
Reyes — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2017-03-08 Set for hearing April 25.
2017-03-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 850.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2017-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3038.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2904.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 463, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea956336-8e85-4bb7-9521-d08fe4e457db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).