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Measure
Authors Fong  
Subject Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program.
Relating To relating to apprenticeships.
Title An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 3140) to Chapter 4 of Division 3 of the Labor Code, relating to apprenticeships.
Last Action Dt 2026-01-05
State Amended Assembly
Status Pending Referral
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Bill Actions
2026-01-27     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-01-26     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.)
2026-01-22     Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-01-22     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2026-01-22     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
2026-01-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-13     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-01-06     Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-01-05     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-19     From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Amended Assembly     2026-01-05
Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-18
Analyses TBD
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Existing law establishes the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations and requires the division, among other things, to evaluate apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to ensure that the program evaluated is complying with its standards, as specified.

This bill would establish the Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to be administered by the division for specific purposes, including, among other purposes, to coordinate and establish apprenticeships for in-school and out-of-school individuals from 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive, and to establish a streamlined youth apprenticeship data system to promote data-driven decisionmaking. The bill would require the division, among other things, to work with the State Department of Education and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop parameters and guidelines for the program, as specified.

This bill would require the division to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2028, identifying barriers to employer participation and engagement in the program, and would require the division, on or before January 1, 2030, to develop and maintain, on the division’s internet website, a dashboard to track outcomes of the individuals participating in the program.