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Measure AB 338
Authors Solache  
Subject Workforce development: the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura: 2025 wildfires.
Relating To relating to workforce development.
Title An act to add Section 14017.2 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to workforce development, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-10
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Two Thirds
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency Yes
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-23     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-11     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3291.).
2025-09-10     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2810.).
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-07-07     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2025-06-04     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2002.).
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-07     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-24     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-22     Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-04-21     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-10     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-02-18     Referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-01-29     From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
2025-01-28     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-10
Enrolled     2025-09-15
Amended Senate     2025-09-05
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Assembly     2025-05-23
Amended Assembly     2025-04-21
Introduced     2025-01-28
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								The California Workforce Development Board shall allocate the funds appropriated to the board pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 19.56 of the Budget Act of 2025, as amended by Assembly Bill 102 of the 2025–26 Regular Session,
						to the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity for workforce development strategies, such as education, high-road training partnerships, and other job training programs, preapprenticeships, transitional jobs, or supportive services, including stipends, for underemployed and unemployed low- to moderate-income individuals to ensure a skilled and sufficient workforce for the scale of rebuilding and recovery of areas in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura impacted by the 2025 wildfires and to support underemployed and unemployed low- to moderate-income workers affected by the fires. This also includes rapid response and layoff aversion, recruitment services, financial incentives, and customized training opportunities for businesses impacted by the fires and those hiring impacted workers as part of the rebuild and recovery. The funds are also for new or expanded job
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								The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity shall reallocate six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to the Economic Development Collaborative to be used for the purposes specified in this section. 
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								Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the California Workforce Development Board may use up to 5 percent of the total allocation for state administration.
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								The California Workforce Development Board
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								The California Workforce Development Board shall require quality standards and practices, as defined in subdivisions (s) and (t) of Section 14005.
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								In developing and implementing workforce development strategies funded pursuant to this section, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity
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								To ensure there is a direct pipeline into the workforce, individuals participating in workforce programs funded pursuant to this section shall have access to expedited licensing and certification, if feasible.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law, the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, establishes the California Workforce Development Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce investment system and the alignment of education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. The Budget Act of 2025 appropriated $5,000,000 to the board to support workforce development in areas of the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura impacted by wildfires. This bill would require the board to allocate the funds from that appropriation to the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity for, among other things, workforce development strategies, such as education or supportive services, including stipends for underemployed and unemployed low- to moderate-income individuals to ensure a skilled and sufficient workforce for the scale of rebuilding and recovery of areas in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura impacted by the 2025 wildfires and to support underemployed and unemployed low- to moderate-income workers affected by the fires. The bill would require the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity to reallocate $600,000 to the Economic Development Collaborative for those purposes. The bill would require the board to allow the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity to subcontract with other entities to fulfill the provisions and intent of the bill and would require the board to require quality standards and practices, as specified. The bill would require the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity to focus on employment in jobs in certain professions and industries, including construction, firefighting, and health care, or other areas essential to emergency response, disaster relief, recovery, rebuilding, and regional economic development and resilience. The bill would require individuals participating in programs funded by the bill to have access to expedited licensing and certification, if feasible. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.