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California 20252026

AB 1235

California State University: skilled and trained workforce requirement.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
CaliforniaStateUniversity, skilledandtrainedworkforcerequirement
Introduced / first action
2025-02-21 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce requirement.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law establishes requirements that apply when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce, regardless of whether they are required to do so by statute or regulation. Existing law, the California State University Contract Law, authorizes the Trustees of the California State University to enter into an agreement with a contractor to provide all or significant portions of the design services and construction of a project, chosen by a competitive bidding process that employs selection criteria in addition to cost. Existing law also requires a contractor, when selecting subcontractors under this provision, to competitively bid for those portions of work. This bill would prohibit a contractor from being prequalified for, shortlisted for, or awarded a contract with the Trustees of the California State University, as described above, unless, among other things, the contractor provides an enforceable commitment to the trustees that the contractor and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades, as specified. The bill would exempt from its provisions, among things, a project or contract for the development of housing.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  2. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  3. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.).

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  5. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 13).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  6. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  8. Referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  9. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1, referral-committee

  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 3877.)

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  12. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 22).

    amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage

  14. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)

  15. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  19. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

    referral-committee

  20. 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, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  21. Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and HIGHER ED.

    referral-committee

  22. Read first time.

    reading-1

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  24. Introduced. To print.

    introduction

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