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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce."
+description: "Existing law defines a \"skilled and trained workforce\" to mean a workforce that meets certain conditions for when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "SB 418"
+citation: "California SB 418 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-15"
+last_action: "2017-09-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcec62f3-4a0f-48a9-8621-cd29d058b378"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418"
+source_hash: "e0f3f18d6142ba6a21102d183e19254e3b79b8f357638aac45959ef6e82b5345"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 418 (20172018) — Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce.
+
+Existing law defines a "skilled and trained workforce" to mean a workforce that meets certain conditions for when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418&version=20170SB41899INT)
+2. **06/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418&version=20170SB41898AMD)
+3. **06/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418&version=20170SB41897AMD)
+4. **09/30/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418&version=20170SB41895CHP)
+5. **SB418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418)
+6. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418&version=20170SB41896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Unfinished Business SB418 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — **37–3** (pass) · upper
+- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hernandez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-09** Set for hearing March 22.
+- **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 445.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-24** Set for hearing April 3.
+- **2017-04-03** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2017-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 869.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-30** June 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2017-06-13** June 21 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2017-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-06-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2764.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2017-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
+- **2017-08-28** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2261.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-08-30** Set for hearing August 30.
+- **2017-08-30** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2285.) `committee-passage`
+- **2017-09-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 3. Page 2464.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2017-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 393, Statutes of 2017.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcec62f3-4a0f-48a9-8621-cd29d058b378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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