---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apprentice employment: apprenticeship standards."
description: "Apprentice employment: apprenticeship standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2481"
citation: "California AB 2481 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Apprentice employment: apprenticeship standards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cf2eba7-7240-4aee-82c2-00b82855b1bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481"
source_hash: "204e059ee36b594fd62654c6d5a60c67ebf5d162f9e0f750ec06b5561af77a5d"
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 AB 2481 (19992000) — Apprentice employment: apprenticeship standards.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248199INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248198AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248197AMD)
4. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248196AMD)
5. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248195AMD)
6. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248193CHP)
7. **AB2481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481)
8. **08/28/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2481&version=19990AB248194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2481 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2481 Romero By Solis — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 875, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 8491.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8334.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 5947.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6466.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cf2eba7-7240-4aee-82c2-00b82855b1bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).