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    AB-1074
    Social Services

    CalWORKs.

    Engrossed
    CA
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    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 Rules
    Next Step
    Senate Committee
    Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Rules
    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

    Profile
    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
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    Brian JonesR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Mike McGuireD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Eloise ReyesD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    John LairdD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
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    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Brian JonesR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Mike McGuireD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Eloise ReyesD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    John LairdD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Darshana PatelD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author

    Similar Past Legislation

    Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
    CalWORKs: school attendance: immunizations.
    January 2019
    Vetoed
    View Bill
    CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
    February 2018
    Vetoed
    View Bill
    CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
    February 2015
    Vetoed
    View Bill
    Showing 3 of 3 items
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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

    View 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 Rules
    Next Step
    Senate Committee
    Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Rules
    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

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

    Contacts

    Profile
    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Brian JonesR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Mike McGuireD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Eloise ReyesD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    John LairdD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    0 of 6 row(s) selected.
    Page 1 of 2
    Select All Legislators
    Profile
    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Brian JonesR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Mike McGuireD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Eloise ReyesD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    John LairdD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Darshana PatelD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author

    Similar Past Legislation

    Bill NumberTitleIntroduced DateStatusLink to Bill
    CalWORKs: school attendance: immunizations.
    January 2019
    Vetoed
    View Bill
    CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
    February 2018
    Vetoed
    View Bill
    CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations.
    February 2015
    Vetoed
    View Bill
    Showing 3 of 3 items
    Page 1 of 1