California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

AB 2003 — California Workforce Development Board: model career pathways.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board for purposes of assisting the Governor in, among other things, promoting the development of a well-educated and highly skilled 21st century workforce and the development of a high road economy that offers an educated and skilled workforce with fair compensation and treatment in the workplace, and developing standards, procedures, and criteria for defining high road employers, high road jobs, high road workforce development, and high road training partnerships, as specified. Existing law provides that the workforce investment system shall be guided by, among other things, making programs and services accessible to individuals with employment barriers, such as persons with economic, physical, or other barriers to employment, and the adoption of local and regional training and education strategies which include workplace-based earn and learn programs. This bill would, until March 1, 2026, require the board to facilitate the development of a series of model career pathways that build upon the basic skill sets of workers who are employed in essential worker occupations, as defined, to support their career advancement into high road occupations. The bill would require the board to, among other things, include earn and learn programs where appropriate in model career pathways, consider how model career pathways may be accessed by essential workers who meet the conditions of being individuals with employment barriers, and encourage collaboration and engagement by and with various other state and local partners. The bill would require the board to publish, no later than May 1, 2023, a list of at least the first four essential worker occupations from which model career pathways will be developed. The bill would require, starting no later than July 1, 2023, and every six months thereafter, the board to include information on the progress of the model career pathways on the agenda of the regularly scheduled meeting of the board. The bill would require written notice be provided to the Legislature at least 15 calendar days prior to that board meeting, and then distributed by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

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

  3. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5101.).

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).

  7. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.)

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19).

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

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  18. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (121)

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Votes

3rd Reading AB2003 Mike Fong By Laird

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 13000
Unaffiliated 23000
Republican 4000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Borgeas — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Min — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 4000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 0001
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 2003 Mike Fong Assembly Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 29001
Unaffiliated 36003
Republican 8001
Total 73005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Levine — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Democratic 7000
Republican 2000
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1001
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2003 do?
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board for purposes of assisting the Governor in, among other things, promoting the development of a well-educated and highly skilled 21st century workforce and the development of a high road economy that offers an educated and skilled workforce with fair compensation and treatment in the workplace, and developing standards, procedures, and criteria for defining high road employers, high road jobs, high road workforce development, and high road training partnerships, as specified. Existing law provides that the workforce investment system shall be guided by, among other things, making programs and services accessible to individuals with employment barriers, such as persons with economic, physical, or other barriers to employment, and the adoption of local and regional training and education strategies which include workplace-based earn and learn programs. This bill would, until March 1, 2026, require the board to facilitate the development of a series of model career pathways that build upon the basic skill sets of workers who are employed in essential worker occupations, as defined, to support their career advancement into high road occupations. The bill would require the board to, among other things, include earn and learn programs where appropriate in model career pathways, consider how model career pathways may be accessed by essential workers who meet the conditions of being individuals with employment barriers, and encourage collaboration and engagement by and with various other state and local partners. The bill would require the board to publish, no later than May 1, 2023, a list of at least the first four essential worker occupations from which model career pathways will be developed. The bill would require, starting no later than July 1, 2023, and every six months thereafter, the board to include information on the progress of the model career pathways on the agenda of the regularly scheduled meeting of the board. The bill would require written notice be provided to the Legislature at least 15 calendar days prior to that board meeting, and then distributed by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 2003?
AB 2003 is sponsored by Fong, Mike (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2003?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2003?
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