Existing law provides for 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. Existing law requires $47 per month to be paid to a pregnant person qualified for CalWORKs aid to meet special needs resulting from pregnancy, and requires county human services agencies to refer all these recipients of aid to a local provider of the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
California SB 1083 (20212022) — CalWORKs: pregnancy and homeless assistance.
Existing law provides for 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. Existing law requires $47 per month to be paid to a pregnant person qualified for CalWORKs aid to meet special needs resulting from pregnancy, and requires county human services agencies to refer all these recipients of aid to a local provider of the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1083 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Holden — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1083 Skinner Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2022-03-10 Set for hearing April 5.
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3324.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 25.
2022-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3782.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3933.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2022-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5333.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 715, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61e6a9e7-98f6-4002-82f0-eab25ab552b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).