republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-419.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalWORKs: eligibility."
description: "(1) Existing federal law provides for 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 each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law specifies criteria for eligibility for the CalWORKs program, and limits the receipt of aid to families with related children under 18 years of age, as specified. Existing law prohibits a child from receiving aid while he or she is a patient in a public hospital, except with respect to temporary medical or surgical care not exceeding two calendar months, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 419"
citation: "California AB 419 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalWORKs: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fa522b5-4523-482c-952b-0744f687b2df"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB419"
source_hash: "523f5e4e7b9cdbabbfc71429f62d2f6162eb82430b33b5a87e0d6739cd61a25a"
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 419 (20132014) — CalWORKs: eligibility.

(1) Existing federal law provides for 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 each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law specifies criteria for eligibility for the CalWORKs program, and limits the receipt of aid to families with related children under 18 years of age, as specified. Existing law prohibits a child from receiving aid while he or she is a patient in a public hospital, except with respect to temporary medical or surgical care not exceeding two calendar months, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB419&version=20130AB41999INT)
2. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB419&version=20130AB41997CHP)
3. **AB419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB419)
4. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB419&version=20130AB41998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB419 Lowenthal By Hancock — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 419 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1122.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1883.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fa522b5-4523-482c-952b-0744f687b2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).