republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-418.md

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Bill	Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce.	Existing law defines a "skilled and trained workforce" to mean a workforce that meets certain conditions for when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 418	California SB 418 (20172018)	bill	Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce.	enacted	Hernandez	6	28	2	2017-02-15	2017-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/dcec62f3-4a0f-48a9-8621-cd29d058b378	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB418	e0f3f18d6142ba6a21102d183e19254e3b79b8f357638aac45959ef6e82b5345	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 418 (20172018) — Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce.

Existing law defines a "skilled and trained workforce" to mean a workforce that meets certain conditions for when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/28/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB418 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB418 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2017-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 445.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-03-24 Set for hearing April 3.
• 2017-04-03 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 869.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-05-30 June 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-06-13 June 21 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2764.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-08-28 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2017-08-28 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2261.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-30 Set for hearing August 30.
• 2017-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2285.) committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 3. Page 2464.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 393, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcec62f3-4a0f-48a9-8621-cd29d058b378. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).