SB 12 (Senator Corbett) (D)

CCWRO POSITION - SUPPORT

This bill would appropriate $250 million to restore the Stage Three Child Care Program

BILL STATUS: Referred to Rules committee.

This issue was resolved through the enactment of teh 2011-2012 budget. The bill was amended that had nothing to do with child care.

SB 43- Liu

CCWRO POSITION: SUPPORT

Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh (formerly the Food Stamp Program), under which nutrition assistance benefits formerly referred to as food stamps, allocated to the state by the federal government, are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing federal law requires all SNAP recipients, unless otherwise exempt, between 15 to 60 years of age, inclusive, who are physically and mentally fit, to register for employment and participate in the Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) program.

This bill would require a county that elects to participate in the FSET program, which the bill would designate as the CalFresh Employment and Training program (CalFresh E&T), to screen CalFresh work registrants to determine whether they will participate in, or be deferred from, the CalFresh E&T program, and would describe the criteria for deferral. The bill would authorize a CalFresh work registrant who is deferred from mandatory participation in the CalFresh E&T program to request to enroll in the program as a voluntary participant.

This bill would require a county that elects to participate in the CalFresh E&T program to demonstrate in its CalFresh E&T plan how it is effectively using CalFresh E&T funds, as specified. The bill would further require that none of its provisions be construed to require a county to offer a particular component as part of its CalFresh E&T plan. The bill would provide that a CalFresh E&T participant is not an employee for the purposes of workers' compensation and would provide that it would not require a county to provide workers' compensation coverage for a CalFresh E&T participant. This bill would require the department to adopt implementing regulations by October 1, 2013. This bill is effective January 1, 2012.

SPONSORED BY:  Sponsored by Western Center on Law & Poverty & Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations.

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BILL STATUS: 10/06/2011 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes.

SB 417- Dutton (R)

CCWRO POSITION - OPPOSE

This bill would prohibit using an EBT card to purchase alcohol and tobacco.

SPONSORED BY: Author

BILL STATUS: Senate Human Services Committee on April 12, 2011- FAILED PASSAGE

SB 471- Rubio (R)

CCWRO POSITION - OPPOSE

This bill would prohibit using an EBT card to purchase soda can drinks.

SPONSORED BY: Author

BILL STATUS: Senate Human Services Committee on April 26, 2011

OUTCOME: Bill not heard. This is now a two-year bill.

SB 480- Vargas (D)

CCWRO POSITION - SUPPORT

This bill would prohibit using the income and resources in cases of a victim of domestic violence applying for aid that was available prior to application for public benefits and it not currently actually available.

SPONSORED BY:  Sponsored by Western Center on Law & Poverty Co-Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations.

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BILL STATUS: Passed the Senate Human Services Committee on April 26, 2011

NEXT STOP: Senate Appropriations Committee. Held in Suspense File. The Bill is Dead.

SB 930 - Evans (D)

CCWRO POSITION - SUPPORT

This bill would repeal finger-imaging requirements in the IHSS program and the prohibition of having a post office box.

BILL STATUS: 10/09/2011- Chaptered by Secretary of State on October 9, 2011, Charpter 649, statutes of 2011.

AB 1182 - Roger Hernandez (D)

CCWRO POSITION - SUPPORT

This bill would exempt one car of any value for a CalWORKs family.

SPONSOR: This bill is sponsored by the author.

BILL STATUS: VETOED ON 10/04/2011 BY GOVERNOR BROWN

VETO MESSAGE - To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 1182 without my signature. This bill would allow a person applying for welfare to have one car, or possibly more, of any value, rather than a maximum value of $4,650 under current law. In the last year, the state has been forced to make steep reductions in many programs, including the state's welfare-to-work program. As we go into the new year, we may have to make additional cuts. Until we better understand the fiscal outlook, we should not be making changes of this kind.

Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.

AB 1140- Donnelly (R)

CCWRO POSITION - OPPOSE

This bill would limit CalWORKs to a six (6) months.

SPONSOR: This bill is sponsored by the author.

BILL STATUS: Assembly Human Services Committee hearing on April 26, 2011 @ 1:30 p.m.

OUTCOME: Bill not heard. This is now a two-year bill.

AB 959 - Jones (R)

CCWRO POSITION - SUPPORT

This bill would allow CalWORKs recipients whose benefits have been terminated due to failure to turn in a quarterly report to have their benefits restore if they submit the report by the end of the month that the termination of benefits began.

SPONSORED BY: San Diego County

BILL STATUS: 10/6/11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Charpter 506, Statutes of 2011.

AB 924 - Logue (R)

CCWRO POSITION - OPPOSE

This bill would terminate all aid for a family whose parents have timed out and are not meeting the federal work participation rates.

SPONSOR: This bill is sponsored by the author.

BILL STATUS: Assembly Human Services Committee hearing on April 26, 2011 @ 1:30 p.m. -  Bill not heard. This is now a two-year bill.