AB 2550: Women in the construction industry: report.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires the Employment Development Department, among other duties, to establish, in conjunction with other state entities, a systemwide policy of actively promoting the training of women in nontraditional occupations. Existing law defines “nontraditional occupations” as any job classification in which not more than 25% of the employees are women, according to the statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

This bill would require the department to collect specified data on construction workers, including, among other data, the training and educational capacity to produce trained, certified, and licensed construction workers. This bill would also require the department to work with the Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Apprenticeship Standards to determine this capacity within state-registered construction preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs and to determine the number of construction preapprentices and apprentices in any given year who are women. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter, to report this data to the Legislature and post the report on its internet website.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. August 13, 2026In committee: Held under submission.
2. August 3, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
3. July 1, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4. June 10, 2026Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
5. May 27, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
6. May 26, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5395.)
7. May 18, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
8. May 14, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
9. May 6, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
10. April 23, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
11. April 20, 2026Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
12. April 16, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.