Bill Commons

CA AB 2634

enacted

Workforce development: High road training partnerships: scoring preference.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2634 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2634 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2634 about?

The California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act establishes the California Workforce Development 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 board to administer, promote, expand, and provide field assistance for high road training partnerships, defined as an initiative or project that models strategies for developing industry-based, worker-focused training partnerships, including labor-management partnerships. Existing law requires high road training partnerships to demonstrate job quality standards and employment practices that include, among other things, adoption of mechanisms to include worker voice and agency in the workplace. This bill would require the board, when awarding grants for a high road training partnership program or any successor program, to provide a scoring preference to an applicant that is either a bona fide labor-management cooperation committee, as defined, or is an entity applying on behalf of, or in cooperation with, a bona fide labor-management cooperation committee, as specified. The bill would require the board to determine the amount of the scoring preference provided and to incorporate that preference into program guidelines and grant solicitations.

Who sponsors CA AB 2634?

Zbur is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2634.

Description

The California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act establishes the California Workforce Development 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 board to administer, promote, expand, and provide field assistance for high road training partnerships, defined as an initiative or project that models strategies for developing industry-based, worker-focused training partnerships, including labor-management partnerships. Existing law requires high road training partnerships to demonstrate job quality standards and employment practices that include, among other things, adoption of mechanisms to include worker voice and agency in the workplace. This bill would require the board, when awarding grants for a high road training partnership program or any successor program, to provide a scoring preference to an applicant that is either a bona fide labor-management cooperation committee, as defined, or is an entity applying on behalf of, or in cooperation with, a bona fide labor-management cooperation committee, as specified. The bill would require the board to determine the amount of the scoring preference provided and to incorporate that preference into program guidelines and grant solicitations.

Introduced
2026-03-19
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zburauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-27

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

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  4. 2026-08-20

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 7.).

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  5. 2026-08-20

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 6328.).

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  6. 2026-08-19

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-19

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.).

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  8. 2026-08-19

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5561.).

  9. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  11. 2026-08-13

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

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  12. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  13. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  15. 2026-05-27

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

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  16. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8.)

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  17. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 5336.)

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  18. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 14).

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  20. 2026-05-06

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

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  21. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. 2026-04-15

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

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  23. 2026-04-14

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  24. 2026-03-23

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

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  25. 2026-03-19

    Referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  26. 2026-03-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  27. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  28. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
  • 04/14/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-14Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/24/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-24Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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  • AB2634Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-22 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ward: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 13-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 2634 Zbur Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 67-8

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-07-01 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Strickland: no

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