Existing law provides for apprenticeship programs within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires an apprentice employed on a public works project to be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade to which he or she is registered. Existing law requires a contractor who employs apprentices on a public works project to contribute specific funds to the California Apprenticeship Council that are used by the council to fund grants to approved apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices and pay certain expenses of the Department of Industrial Relations.
California AB 581 (20172018) — Apprenticeships on public works projects.
Existing law provides for apprenticeship programs within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires an apprentice employed on a public works project to be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade to which he or she is registered. Existing law requires a contractor who employs apprentices on a public works project to contribute specific funds to the California Apprenticeship Council that are used by the council to fund grants to approved apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices and pay certain expenses of the Department of Industrial Relations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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.
2017-03-20 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2017-03-22 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
2017-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 1880.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2560.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-07 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d535eac9-e35e-4a11-a0c0-1a352e8c5409. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).