The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides for workforce investment activities, including activities in which states may participate. Existing law contains various programs for job training and employment investment, including work incentive programs, as specified. Existing law requires the local chief elected officials in a local workforce development area, to form, pursuant to specified guidelines, a local workforce investment board to plan and oversee the workforce investment system, and further requires the Governor to certify one local board for each local area in the state once every 2 years.
California SB 698 (20112012) — Workforce development: high-performance boards.
The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides for workforce investment activities, including activities in which states may participate. Existing law contains various programs for job training and employment investment, including work incentive programs, as specified. Existing law requires the local chief elected officials in a local workforce development area, to form, pursuant to specified guidelines, a local workforce investment board to plan and oversee the workforce investment system, and further requires the Governor to certify one local board for each local area in the state once every 2 years.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 698 Lieu Senate Third Reading By LARA — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #4 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lieu — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2011-03-25 Set for hearing April 13.
2011-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 643.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-15 Set for hearing May 2.
2011-05-02 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1121.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1283.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2011-06-21 Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-17 Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-08-25 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2998.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2011-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2011-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 497, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adf38cf1-323c-4855-aede-be8abcc5e976. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).