republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-79.md

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Bill	Human services omnibus.	(1) 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. Existing law, until January 1, 2021, requires the State Department of Social Services to implement and maintain a nonbiometric identity verification method in the CalWORKs program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 79	California AB 79 (20192020)	bill appropriation	Human services omnibus.	enacted	Committee on Budget	7	28	5	2018-12-03	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/22d1c30d-121e-4add-b411-60beb3a10d45	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB79	affa3b84c1bf23ebe7ac8043ef70997d579452ab4e13fb998496f9429ad57326	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 79 (20192020) — Human services omnibus.

(1) 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. Existing law, until January 1, 2021, requires the State Department of Social Services to implement and maintain a nonbiometric identity verification method in the CalWORKs program.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB79 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/26/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 79 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 54–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 79 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB79 BUDGET — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 13–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 1032.)
• 2019-04-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2019-04-04 Ordered to second reading.
• 2019-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 1167.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2019-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-06-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-06-26 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2020-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 3850.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2020-06-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 4954.)
• 2020-06-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4957.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:30 p.m.
• 2020-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22d1c30d-121e-4add-b411-60beb3a10d45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).