republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-581.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apprenticeships on public works projects."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 581"
citation: "California AB 581 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apprenticeships on public works projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d535eac9-e35e-4a11-a0c0-1a352e8c5409"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB581"
source_hash: "f85f90c002fdffc5819e9b848e3328cc9dbb4a08d0ad508d6ae566e6fd3e8c4e"
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 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.

1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB581&version=20170AB58199INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB581&version=20170AB58198AMD)
3. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB581&version=20170AB58196CHP)
4. **AB581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB581)
5. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB581&version=20170AB58197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 581 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — **59–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB581 McCarty By Leyva — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (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.
- **2017-03-20** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d535eac9-e35e-4a11-a0c0-1a352e8c5409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).