republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1308.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apprenticeship programs: approval."
description: "Existing law provides for the establishment of apprenticeship programs in various trades, to be approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the establishment. Under existing law, the apprentice training needs in the building and construction trades are required to be deemed to justify a new apprentice program only if one or more specified conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes the California Apprenticeship Council to approve a new apprenticeship program if special circumstances, as established by regulation, justify the establishment of the program. The California Apprenticeship Council has not established any regulations to approve a new apprenticeship program justified by special circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1308"
citation: "California AB 1308 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apprenticeship programs: approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6afc00d1-0a8c-4aa6-bf63-32ff62055880"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1308"
source_hash: "3e439c0f55c1a0f45a71a46a6be74f5293d264874ce6f72ac4b3d9a104dffe79"
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 1308 (20152016) — Apprenticeship programs: approval.

Existing law provides for the establishment of apprenticeship programs in various trades, to be approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the establishment. Under existing law, the apprentice training needs in the building and construction trades are required to be deemed to justify a new apprentice program only if one or more specified conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes the California Apprenticeship Council to approve a new apprenticeship program if special circumstances, as established by regulation, justify the establishment of the program. The California Apprenticeship Council has not established any regulations to approve a new apprenticeship program justified by special circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1308&version=20150AB130899INT)
2. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1308&version=20150AB130898AMD)
3. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1308&version=20150AB130896CHP)
4. **AB1308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1308)
5. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1308&version=20150AB130897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1308 Perea By Mendoza — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1308 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–22** (pass) · lower
- AB 1308 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **53–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (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 Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1261.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (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`
- **2015-06-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1617.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2224.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 126, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6afc00d1-0a8c-4aa6-bf63-32ff62055880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).