--- type: "Bill" title: "Workforce wellness center: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority." description: "(1) The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act provides for workforce development activities, including activities in which states may participate." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 1294" citation: "California SB 1294 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Workforce wellness center: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"] version_count: 6 action_count: 28 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-02-18" last_action: "2022-09-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6187a03b-442a-438c-89ab-030ffc047996" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294" source_hash: "c2c778ee94acd8c327e26460e0a06d20dcadbf1aac282452ff7ef6f43213bfd0" 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 1294 (20212022) — Workforce wellness center: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. (1) The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act provides for workforce development activities, including activities in which states may participate. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294&version=20210SB129499INT) 2. **03/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294&version=20210SB129498AMD) 3. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294&version=20210SB129497AMD) 4. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294&version=20210SB129495CHP) 5. **SB1294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294) 6. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1294&version=20210SB129496ENR) ## Votes - SB 1294 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1294 Cortese et al. Concurrence — **32–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Cortese — primary (person) - Kalra — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2022-02-22** From printer. - **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 27. - **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3545.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-05-06** Set for hearing May 16. - **2022-05-16** May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2022-05-17** Set for hearing May 19. - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3791.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3872.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-15** Coauthors revised. - **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5949.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5136.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 305, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6187a03b-442a-438c-89ab-030ffc047996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).