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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "California Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act: earn and learn programs."
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description: "Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board for purposes of assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. Existing law requires, as part of the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the board to, among other things, identify opportunities for \"earn and learn\" job training opportunities that meet the industry's workforce demands and that are in high road, high-demand jobs. Under existing law, \"earn and learn\" programs include, but are not limited to, transitional and subsidized employment particularly for individuals with barriers to employment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 779"
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citation: "California SB 779 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["California Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act: earn and learn programs."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c71ed6c2-84ab-47ff-b545-038e4af584ca"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779"
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source_hash: "4b778d6cf5b29f5154b2d4d621ecfc129df336b33f8dc69b5b80d70da2a0465e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 779 (20212022) — California Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act: earn and learn programs.
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Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board for purposes of assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. Existing law requires, as part of the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the board to, among other things, identify opportunities for "earn and learn" job training opportunities that meet the industry's workforce demands and that are in high road, high-demand jobs. Under existing law, "earn and learn" programs include, but are not limited to, transitional and subsidized employment particularly for individuals with barriers to employment.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779&version=20210SB77999INT)
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2. **04/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779&version=20210SB77998AMD)
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3. **05/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779&version=20210SB77997AMD)
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4. **08/19/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779&version=20210SB77996AMD)
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5. **09/22/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779&version=20210SB77994CHP)
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6. **SB779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779)
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7. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB779&version=20210SB77995ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB779 Becker Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 779 Becker Senate Third Reading By Chiu — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Becker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2021-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 671.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** Set for hearing April 19.
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- **2021-04-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1007.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-07-12** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
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- **2021-07-12** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-08-19** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2565.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2281.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2021-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 223, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c71ed6c2-84ab-47ff-b545-038e4af584ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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