--- type: "Bill" title: "Workforce development: soft skills training." description: "Existing law establishes the Employment Training Panel within the Employment Development Department and prescribes the functions and duties of the panel with respect to various employment training programs in the state. Existing law requires the panel, among other things, to solicit proposals and write contracts for the purpose of providing employment training and requires these contracts to be made for training in job-related vocational skills that are necessary for participants to attain a new job or retain an existing job. Existing law authorizes the contracts to include ancillary training for job-related basic and literacy training if the panel finds that the training is necessary to achieve the objectives of the vocational training." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2420" citation: "California AB 2420 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Workforce development: soft skills training."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"] version_count: 5 action_count: 19 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-02-14" last_action: "2018-08-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a155e9e-8f2b-43fc-803b-6129d10d20fb" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2420" source_hash: "7e4a78cdc45f47bbae123ae317fb09e15221ca92f8d5ed0edf6e33adc40249dc" 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 2420 (20172018) — Workforce development: soft skills training. Existing law establishes the Employment Training Panel within the Employment Development Department and prescribes the functions and duties of the panel with respect to various employment training programs in the state. Existing law requires the panel, among other things, to solicit proposals and write contracts for the purpose of providing employment training and requires these contracts to be made for training in job-related vocational skills that are necessary for participants to attain a new job or retain an existing job. Existing law authorizes the contracts to include ancillary training for job-related basic and literacy training if the panel finds that the training is necessary to achieve the objectives of the vocational training. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2420&version=20170AB242099INT) 2. **04/10/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2420&version=20170AB242098AMD) 3. **08/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2420&version=20170AB242096CHP) 4. **AB2420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2420) 5. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2420&version=20170AB242097ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2420 Quirk-Silva By Jackson — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2420 QUIRK-SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Quirk-Silva — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5131.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5229.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2018-08-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 216, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a155e9e-8f2b-43fc-803b-6129d10d20fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).