republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3018.md

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Bill	State contracts: skilled and trained workforce.	Existing law authorizes a public entity to require a bidder, contractor, or other entity to use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project, and requires that the commitment to use a skilled and trained workforce be made in an enforceable agreement that meets specified requirements. Existing law defines a "skilled and trained workforce" to mean a workforce that meets certain conditions, including specified apprenticeship graduation requirements. Existing law requires at least 30% of the skilled journeypersons employed to perform work on these contracts or projects, on or after January 1, 2017, to be graduates of an apprenticeship program. Existing law increases that percentage for work performed on or after January 1, 2018, and increases that percentage again for work performed on or after January 1, 2019, but excludes the same set of specified occupations from both of these increased percentage requirements. Existing law requires a contractor, bidder, or other entity to provide to the public entity or other awarding body, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with skilled and trained workforce requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3018	California AB 3018 (20172018)	bill	State contracts: skilled and trained workforce.	enacted	Low	8	28	9	2018-02-16	2018-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/129312c3-b31d-4f1d-a778-dd0666ce0445	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3018	942f92a19155522caf5d575b9281f690b40aa4466b9f7406169b964f739921e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3018 (20172018) — State contracts: skilled and trained workforce.

Existing law authorizes a public entity to require a bidder, contractor, or other entity to use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project, and requires that the commitment to use a skilled and trained workforce be made in an enforceable agreement that meets specified requirements. Existing law defines a "skilled and trained workforce" to mean a workforce that meets certain conditions, including specified apprenticeship graduation requirements. Existing law requires at least 30% of the skilled journeypersons employed to perform work on these contracts or projects, on or after January 1, 2017, to be graduates of an apprenticeship program. Existing law increases that percentage for work performed on or after January 1, 2018, and increases that percentage again for work performed on or after January 1, 2019, but excludes the same set of specified occupations from both of these increased percentage requirements. Existing law requires a contractor, bidder, or other entity to provide to the public entity or other awarding body, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with skilled and trained workforce requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB3018 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 3018 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB3018 Low By Lara — 26–12 (pass) · upper
• AB 3018 LOW Assembly Third Reading — 54–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Industrial Relations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 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
• 2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-04-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 5547.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5995.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 7035.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 882, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/129312c3-b31d-4f1d-a778-dd0666ce0445. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).