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Measure
Authors Smallwood-Cuevas  
Subject Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.
Relating To relating to prisons.
Title An act to add and repeal Chapter 9.8 (commencing with Section 6275) of Title 7 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, relating to prisons.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-18
State Enrolled
Status In Floor Process
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Majority No Yes No None No No Y
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Bill Actions
2025-10-13     In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13     Vetoed by the Governor.
2025-09-23     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-13     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-12     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3409.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-12     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20     August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-16     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-10     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-17     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-06-09     Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and PUB. S.
2025-06-03     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1388.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 23).
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12     May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-02     Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-30     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 869.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-04-11     Set for hearing April 29 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
2025-04-04     Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and PUB. S.
2025-03-26     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-01-29     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-01-16     From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
2025-01-15     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Enrolled     2025-09-18
Amended Assembly     2025-06-17
Amended Senate     2025-03-26
Introduced     2025-01-15
Analyses TBD
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Existing law provides for various employment programs to assist formerly incarcerated individuals in finding and retaining employment, including the Pre-Release Construction Trades Certificate Program administered by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Prison to Employment Program administered by the California Workforce Development Board.

Existing law 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 the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce.

This bill would, by January 1, 2028, require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in partnership with the Department of Industrial Relations, to establish the Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program. The bill would, until January 1, 2032, provide incarcerated individuals access to preapprenticeship training in the skilled construction and building trades. The bill would require the program to provide, among other things, instruction based on the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum and content coordinated with joint apprenticeship training committees. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement the program at one men’s facility and one women’s facility. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, beginning January 1, 2029, to annually report certain data regarding participation in the program to the Legislature.