republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Division of Apprenticeship Standards: certification of electricians."
description: "Existing law requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations to establish standards for certification of electricians, as defined, and requires the division to establish an advisory committee and panels as necessary. Existing law also requires the division to establish an electrical certification curriculum committee. The committee must establish standards for enrollees of specified training programs. If an educational provider's curriculum meets those standards, the committee must designate that curriculum as approved. The approved curriculum is subject to the committee's review, and the committee may withdraw its approval if the educational provider does not continue to meet those standards. The committee must require a designated provider to submit an annual notice stating whether the provider continues to offer the approved curriculum and whether material changes have been made to the curriculum since its approval."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1346"
citation: "California AB 1346 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Division of Apprenticeship Standards: certification of electricians."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa5eeb1c-d1e8-4edd-8971-8b3a8435f2d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346"
source_hash: "04d409f7eed9645fd1a0c0919f3d94495a9482e30680cfa69bac7f8a3aa7e249"
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 1346 (20112012) — Division of Apprenticeship Standards: certification of electricians.

Existing law requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations to establish standards for certification of electricians, as defined, and requires the division to establish an advisory committee and panels as necessary. Existing law also requires the division to establish an electrical certification curriculum committee. The committee must establish standards for enrollees of specified training programs. If an educational provider's curriculum meets those standards, the committee must designate that curriculum as approved. The approved curriculum is subject to the committee's review, and the committee may withdraw its approval if the educational provider does not continue to meet those standards. The committee must require a designated provider to submit an annual notice stating whether the provider continues to offer the approved curriculum and whether material changes have been made to the curriculum since its approval.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346&version=20110AB134699INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346&version=20110AB134698AMD)
3. **08/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346&version=20110AB134697AMD)
4. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346&version=20110AB134695CHP)
5. **AB1346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346)
6. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1346&version=20110AB134696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1346 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 1346 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **54–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1346 Atkins By DeSaulnier — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1512.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 2014.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 2567.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa5eeb1c-d1e8-4edd-8971-8b3a8435f2d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).