AB-1074
Social Services

CalWORKs.

Engrossed
CA
2025-2026 Regular Session
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Key Takeaways

  • Extends CalWORKs aid eligibility for parents whose children are placed in out-of-home care beyond six months.
  • Requires counties to integrate welfare-to-work activities into child reunification plans.
  • Ends immunization verification penalties when a child enters out-of-home care.
  • Implements changes only if determined to be cost-neutral or generate savings.

Summary

Assembly Member Patel's CalWORKs reform legislation modifies how parents maintain aid eligibility when their children enter out-of-home care, while establishing new requirements for county welfare departments to coordinate services. The bill authorizes the Department of Social Services to extend beyond six months the period during which parents are considered to be living with their children for purposes of receiving aid, provided this extension is cost-neutral or generates savings.

The legislation requires counties to incorporate welfare-to-work activities into either a CalWORKs reunification plan or a jointly developed child welfare and welfare-to-work plan. These integrated plans must detail all activities and services provided through both the welfare-to-work program and child welfare case planning to support family reunification. The bill also ends any sanctions related to child immunization verification when a child enters out-of-home placement.

To implement these changes, counties must adapt their administrative processes while maintaining fiscal neutrality. The legislation specifies that no additional state appropriations will fund these modifications, though counties may receive reimbursement for state-mandated costs as determined by the Commission on State Mandates. The Department of Social Services retains authority to issue implementation guidance through all-county letters until formal regulations are adopted.

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 1074 Patel Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass as amended
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Contacts

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Monique LimonD
Senator
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Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
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Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
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Darshana PatelD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
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Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
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Monique LimonD
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Josh BeckerD
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Committee Member
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Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
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Darshana PatelD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
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Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
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Sasha Renee PerezD
Senator
Committee Member

Similar Past Legislation

Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
CalWORKs: school attendance: immunizations.
January 2019
Vetoed
CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
February 2018
Vetoed
CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
February 2015
Vetoed
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Introduced By

Darshana Patel
Darshana PatelD
California State Assembly Member
40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (6/4/2025)

Latest Voting History

June 4, 2025
PASS
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
6113579PASS

Key Takeaways

  • Extends CalWORKs aid eligibility for parents whose children are placed in out-of-home care beyond six months.
  • Requires counties to integrate welfare-to-work activities into child reunification plans.
  • Ends immunization verification penalties when a child enters out-of-home care.
  • Implements changes only if determined to be cost-neutral or generate savings.

Get Involved

Act Now!

Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

Introduced By

Darshana Patel
Darshana PatelD
California State Assembly Member

Summary

Assembly Member Patel's CalWORKs reform legislation modifies how parents maintain aid eligibility when their children enter out-of-home care, while establishing new requirements for county welfare departments to coordinate services. The bill authorizes the Department of Social Services to extend beyond six months the period during which parents are considered to be living with their children for purposes of receiving aid, provided this extension is cost-neutral or generates savings.

The legislation requires counties to incorporate welfare-to-work activities into either a CalWORKs reunification plan or a jointly developed child welfare and welfare-to-work plan. These integrated plans must detail all activities and services provided through both the welfare-to-work program and child welfare case planning to support family reunification. The bill also ends any sanctions related to child immunization verification when a child enters out-of-home placement.

To implement these changes, counties must adapt their administrative processes while maintaining fiscal neutrality. The legislation specifies that no additional state appropriations will fund these modifications, though counties may receive reimbursement for state-mandated costs as determined by the Commission on State Mandates. The Department of Social Services retains authority to issue implementation guidance through all-county letters until formal regulations are adopted.

40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (6/4/2025)

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 1074 Patel Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass as amended
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Latest Voting History

June 4, 2025
PASS
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
6113579PASS

Contacts

Profile
Monique LimonD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Darshana PatelD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
0 of 6 row(s) selected.
Page 1 of 2
Select All Legislators
Profile
Monique LimonD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Darshana PatelD
Assemblymember
Bill Author
Profile
Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Sasha Renee PerezD
Senator
Committee Member

Similar Past Legislation

Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
CalWORKs: school attendance: immunizations.
January 2019
Vetoed
CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
February 2018
Vetoed
CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
February 2015
Vetoed
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