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Bill	California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.	The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 provides for workforce investment activities, including activities in which states may participate. These provisions were previously contained in the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The California Workforce Investment Act contains various programs for job training and employment investment, including work incentive programs, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1270	California AB 1270 (20152016)	bill	California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.	enacted	Eduardo Garcia	6	23	6	2015-02-27	2015-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/7427bf52-bf94-4a5c-a44c-1eb56970f44d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1270	e6e485d5364e94f5d91ec1413f96aab3d67fab6e203f3bed161f33acc36c429a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1270 (20152016) — California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 provides for workforce investment activities, including activities in which states may participate. These provisions were previously contained in the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The California Workforce Investment Act contains various programs for job training and employment investment, including work incentive programs, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/14/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1270 (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/29/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1270 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1270 Eduardo Garcia By Mendoza — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
• Roger Hernández — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1388.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1614.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2015-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 94, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7427bf52-bf94-4a5c-a44c-1eb56970f44d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).