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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1227: Department of Industrial Relations: apprenticeship pilot program.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1227 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of Industrial Relations: apprenticeship pilot program. Primary sponsor: Maria Elena Durazo (D). Most recent recorded action (September 18, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 326, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

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

Existing law provides for the establishment of apprenticeship programs in various trades, to be approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the establishment.

This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2029, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Department of Human Resources to partner with the bargaining units representing employees of DIR to design and develop an apprenticeship pilot program that addresses DIR’s staffing challenges. The bill would require the design, development, and administration of the program to meet specified requirements, including being consistent with the constitutional merit principle applicable to civil service employment. The bill would require the program to meet specified requirements, including that the apprenticeship program classification pay scales be determined by the collective bargaining process. The bill would include related legislative findings and declarations.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Maria Elena DurazoPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 326, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 326, Statutes of 2026.
  3. Approved by the Governor.
  4. Approved by the Governor.
  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  6. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  7. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5987.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  8. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  9. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  10. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  11. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  12. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page