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CalWORKs: welfare-to-work: exemptions.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

CA AB 1728 · Assembly Bill · 2021–2022

Stage
Session ended
Started in
Assembly
Sponsors
2
Latest action
Aug 11, 2022

What it does

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. Under the CalWORKs program, recipients are required to participate in specified welfare-to-work activities, except for specified persons, including a parent or other relative who has primary responsibility for personally providing care to a child 6 months of age or under, except that the period may be reduced to the first 12 weeks after birth or adoption or increased to the first 12 months after birth or adoption. Existing law authorizes an individual to be exempted only…

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Where it stands

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Aug 11, 2022

  4. Law (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

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Where it goes next

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