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type: "Bill"
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title: "CalWORKs: CalFresh: eligibility: income and resource exclusions."
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description: "Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state 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. Under existing law, certain types of payments received by recipients of aid under the CalWORKs program, including, among others, an award or scholarship provided by a public or private entity to, or on behalf of, a dependent child are exempt from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility and aid amount."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 42"
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citation: "California AB 42 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CalFresh", "CalWORKs", "eligibility", "incomeandresourceexclusions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-12-02"
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last_action: "2025-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ffe4bc4-284d-4ee1-b5a5-aa47fc972b0b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42"
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source_hash: "7106d3b5ac563b9f3df63b36eb60c04f77976ccd2864fd6bb48db8d081e468c5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 42 (20252026) — CalWORKs: CalFresh: eligibility: income and resource exclusions.
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Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state 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. Under existing law, certain types of payments received by recipients of aid under the CalWORKs program, including, among others, an award or scholarship provided by a public or private entity to, or on behalf of, a dependent child are exempt from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility and aid amount.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42&version=20250AB4299INT)
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2. **02/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42&version=20250AB4298AMD)
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3. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42&version=20250AB4297AMD)
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4. **10/07/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42&version=20250AB4295CHP)
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5. **AB42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42)
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6. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB42&version=20250AB4296ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 42 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 42 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-25** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1965.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-14** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3022.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2025-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 430, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ffe4bc4-284d-4ee1-b5a5-aa47fc972b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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