republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2873.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative: grants."
description: "Existing law, the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, makes programs and services available to individuals with employment barriers and establishes the California Workforce Development Board (board) to assist 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 the local chief elected officials in a local workforce development area to form, pursuant to specified guidelines, a local workforce development board to plan and oversee the workforce investment system and further requires the Governor to periodically certify one local board for each local area in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2873"
citation: "California AB 2873 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative", "grants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5499952d-ab7e-4da4-be40-c186b996ac41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873"
source_hash: "79087c55d358326f2d24fcbc2479f6d080c7faca8f19d8880905b6be0e4c247f"
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 2873 (20232024) — Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative: grants.

Existing law, the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, makes programs and services available to individuals with employment barriers and establishes the California Workforce Development Board (board) to assist 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 the local chief elected officials in a local workforce development area to form, pursuant to specified guidelines, a local workforce development board to plan and oversee the workforce investment system and further requires the Governor to periodically certify one local board for each local area in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873&version=20230AB287399INT)
2. **03/12/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873&version=20230AB287398AMD)
3. **05/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873&version=20230AB287397AMD)
4. **09/12/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873&version=20230AB287395CHP)
5. **AB2873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873)
6. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2873&version=20230AB287396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2873 Garcia et al. By Durazo — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2873 Garcia Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5546.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5499952d-ab7e-4da4-be40-c186b996ac41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).