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Authors Celeste Rodriguez  
Coauthors: Durazo  
Subject CalWORKs: family violence option and gender-based violence information.
Relating To relating to CalWORKs.
Title An act to amend Sections 11495, 11495.1, and 11495.17 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 11495.15 and 11495.16 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalWORKs.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-06
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2025-10-06     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-06     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-24     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-12     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3383.).
2025-09-11     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.).
2025-09-09     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-08     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-26     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.
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1911.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-22     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-21     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-10     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-06
Enrolled     2025-09-16
Amended Senate     2025-09-05
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Senate     2025-06-26
Amended Assembly     2025-05-23
Amended Assembly     2025-04-21
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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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 imposes various requirements on CalWORKs recipients, including the requirement to participate in specified welfare-to-work activities, unless a good cause exception applies. Existing law requires a county to waive a program requirement for a recipient who has been identified as a past or present victim of domestic abuse when it has been determined that good cause under the welfare-to-work requirement exists.