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Bill	Apprenticeship: fire protection: firefighter preapprenticeship program.	Existing law provides for apprenticeship programs within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, sponsored by specific entities and employers, and requires the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to perform various functions with respect to apprenticeship programs and the welfare of apprentices.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 579	California AB 579 (20172018)	bill	Apprenticeship: fire protection: firefighter preapprenticeship program.	enacted	Flora	5	26	9	2017-02-14	2017-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/19c984af-c336-4827-ba4e-006040cae6dc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB579	260ac233220c5a15bde9ef98ead3c752a8d89978904ba91d3319820a37a06d31	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 579 (20172018) — Apprenticeship: fire protection: firefighter preapprenticeship program.

Existing law provides for apprenticeship programs within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, sponsored by specific entities and employers, and requires the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to perform various functions with respect to apprenticeship programs and the welfare of apprentices.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/10/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/28/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB579 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB579 Flora et al. By Bradford Urgency Clause — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 579 FLORA Concurrence - Urgency Added — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 579 FLORA Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Flora — primary (person)
• Acosta — coauthor (person)
• Baker — coauthor (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Bigelow — coauthor (person)
• Brough — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Chávez — coauthor (person)
• Cooper — author (person)
• Cunningham — coauthor (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)
• Gallagher — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — author (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — coauthor (person)
• Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)
• Voepel — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-02-27 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1822.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and G.O. referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-07-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2344.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-05 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2922.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2017-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 344, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19c984af-c336-4827-ba4e-006040cae6dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).