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Bill	California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.	Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board, which assists the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system. The board reports to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law creates various workforce development programs, including the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative. Existing law establishes an Arts Council in state government to, among other things, promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 628	California SB 628 (20212022)	bill	California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.	enacted	Allen	8	36	9	2021-02-19	2021-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/9b172fee-0733-41f7-aa5d-108f17142c13	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB628	8cec09c7265f1faefba2442f07307bc1d798ece8826f01edc6d7b0b4582fff90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 628 (20212022) — California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.

Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board, which assists the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system. The board reports to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law creates various workforce development programs, including the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative. Existing law establishes an Arts Council in state government to, among other things, promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB628 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB628 Allen et al. Concurrence — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 628 Allen Senate Third Reading By Quirk-Silva — 69–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 35–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2021-04-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 844.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2021-05-04 May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1199.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1255.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2021-06-21 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 June 30 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 2936.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2608.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 767, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b172fee-0733-41f7-aa5d-108f17142c13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).