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type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs: benefits overpayment."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "California SB 726 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs: benefits overpayment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0acd4fb2-67b4-4290-8444-a2e1a1c2caa0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726"
source_hash: "922c5eb15eca9c73313b76efcc4a9b984ec4e5c37c887c14be24a06a1c444eec"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72699INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72697AMD)
3. **03/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72698AMD)
4. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72696AMD)
5. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72695AMD)
6. **06/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72694AMD)
7. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72693AMD)
8. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72692AMD)
9. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72690CHP)
10. **SB726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726)
11. **09/06/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB726&version=20170SB72691ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB726 Wiener Concurrence — **363** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0acd4fb2-67b4-4290-8444-a2e1a1c2caa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).