---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apprenticeship oversight."
description: "Existing law requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations to randomly audit all apprenticeship programs during each 5-year period commencing January 1, 2000, to ensure compliance with specified requirements, including any industry-specific training criteria established by the California Apprenticeship Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "California SB 56 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apprenticeship oversight."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-12-21"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1cfe00d-232a-4155-a1ec-770570f0e7c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB56"
source_hash: "4c94005948c1a40ec8df35bf9c89d45403e9362cc5b88a59ad8e6c5733891c9e"
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 56 (20112012) — Apprenticeship oversight.

Existing law requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations to randomly audit all apprenticeship programs during each 5-year period commencing January 1, 2000, to ensure compliance with specified requirements, including any industry-specific training criteria established by the California Apprenticeship Council.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/21/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB56&version=20110SB5699INT)
2. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB56&version=20110SB5698AMD)
3. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB56&version=20110SB5696CHP)
4. **SB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB56)
5. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB56&version=20110SB5697ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB56 Corbett Concurrence — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 56 Corbett Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **25–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-12-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 21.
- **2011-01-03** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-26** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2011-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 306.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 15. Page 876.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 2687.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2235.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 696, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1cfe00d-232a-4155-a1ec-770570f0e7c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).