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type: "Bill"
title: "Public social services: eligibility: income exclusions."
description: "Existing law establishes various means-tested public social services programs administered by counties to provide eligible recipients with certain benefits, including, but not limited to, cash assistance under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program and health care services under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law establishes various awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission and establishes eligibility requirements for these awards for participating students attending qualifying institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 320"
citation: "California AB 320 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Publicsocialservices", "eligibility", "incomeexclusions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f1e3c29-80a4-4aa9-aefd-a11500f7a259"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320"
source_hash: "b61118cb9fae378c0d33e9580d8230b8f2fdc2909fd70047788eb2bd04740159"
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 AB 320 (20252026) — Public social services: eligibility: income exclusions.
Existing law establishes various means-tested public social services programs administered by counties to provide eligible recipients with certain benefits, including, but not limited to, cash assistance under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program and health care services under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law establishes various awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission and establishes eligibility requirements for these awards for participating students attending qualifying institutions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/24/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320&version=20250AB32099INT)
2. **06/18/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320&version=20250AB32098AMD)
3. **09/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320&version=20250AB32097AMD)
4. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320&version=20250AB32095CHP)
5. **AB320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320)
6. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB320&version=20250AB32096ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Education] — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 320 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB320 Bennett By Arreguín — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 320 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day — **690** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2025-01-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1485.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2592.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3102.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f1e3c29-80a4-4aa9-aefd-a11500f7a259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).