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type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs and CalFresh."
description: "Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and other social services to needy families through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 6"
citation: "California AB 6 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs and CalFresh."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25211cf2-ded6-4e14-876b-f5ea80ce1a77"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6"
source_hash: "44c63563d4f18122e880460ad1da0bbfd8bced5f78fce90ffe5bc9ac679e46fb"
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 6 (20112012) — CalWORKs and CalFresh.
Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and other social services to needy families through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6&version=20110AB699INT)
2. **04/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6&version=20110AB698AMD)
3. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6&version=20110AB697AMD)
4. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6&version=20110AB695CHP)
5. **AB6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6)
6. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB6&version=20110AB696ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **42** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **63** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **80** (pass) · upper
- AB 6 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — **4927** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB6 Fuentes By Leno — **2711** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **116** (pass) · lower
- AB 6 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5026** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fuentes — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-12-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
- **2011-01-24** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 1700.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2193.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 2860.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 501, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25211cf2-ded6-4e14-876b-f5ea80ce1a77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).