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Bill	CalWORKs: benefits overpayment.	Existing federal law provides for 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	20172018	SB 726	California SB 726 (20172018)	bill	CalWORKs: benefits overpayment.	enacted	Wiener	11	34	1	2017-02-17	2018-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0acd4fb2-67b4-4290-8444-a2e1a1c2caa0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726	922c5eb15eca9c73313b76efcc4a9b984ec4e5c37c887c14be24a06a1c444eec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 726 (20172018) — CalWORKs: benefits overpayment.

Existing federal law provides for 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. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/23/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/28/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB726 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/06/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB726 Wiener Concurrence — 36–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (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.
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2017-04-20 April 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-01-04 Set for hearing January 10.
• 2018-01-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4020.) (January 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-01-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-01-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4067.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-01-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-04-16 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-12 June 12 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 11. Page 6765.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2018-08-30 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6028.) Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 6069.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 6136.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 930, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0acd4fb2-67b4-4290-8444-a2e1a1c2caa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).