CA SB 75
vetoedEmployment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 75 pass?
No. CA SB 75 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.
What is CA SB 75 about?
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.
Who sponsors CA SB 75?
Smallwood-Cuevas is the primary sponsor of CA SB 75.
Description
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.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Latest action
- 2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Smallwood-Cuevasauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-02
Veto sustained.
2026-03-02
Stricken from file.
2025-10-13
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive-veto
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3409.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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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.
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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.
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2025-06-17
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
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2025-06-09
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and PUB. S.
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2025-06-03
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1388.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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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.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-04-23 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas
2025-06-02 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Menjivar: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Choi: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Allen: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-09 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Kalra: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Lee: yes
- Flora: yes
- Chen: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-15 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
SB 75 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Quirk-Silva
2025-09-13 · pass · 79-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- DeMaio: no
Unfinished Business SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Jones: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: other
- Valladares: other
- Choi: other
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