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 02/13/26 - Introduced

 AB-1980 Labor: apprenticeship: Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships Grant Program.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/08/2026 09:00 PM

AB1980:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 08, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 18, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 16, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 19, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1980

Introduced by Assembly Member Caloza

February 13, 2026

An act to amend Section 107.7 of, and to add Section 107.7.3 to, the Labor Code, relating to employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1980, as amended, Caloza.
 Labor: apprenticeship: Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships Grant Program.

Existing law establishes in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a Women in Construction Priority Unit to, among other things, provide resources for employers and project owners, including public agencies, to improve construction worksite culture, address barriers to employment, and develop training and materials for workforce pipeline professionals specific to women and nonbinary individuals in construction.

This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the department to establish, through the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships Grant Program for the purpose of increasing equitable access to building and construction career pathways
 for women, nonbinary individuals, and underrepresented populations in California. The bill would require the department to issue a competitive request for applications for qualified organizations, as defined. The bill would authorize the grants to be used only for specified purposes, including to provide direct participant stipends to offset lost wages and enable full participation in preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that are registered with the division.

 This bill would require the agency department to prioritize applications from qualified organizations that have programs serving women, nonbinary individuals, and underrepresented populations who meet specified criteria. The bill would impose reporting requirements on grantees, as applicable, and would require
 the department to provide a summary report of the data received to the Legislature. The bill would authorize the department to issue rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, or procedures necessary to implement the bill’s provisions described above, including application criteria, grant requirements, and performance measures.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 107.7 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

107.7.

 For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Department” means the Department of Industrial Relations.

(b) “Director” means the Director of Industrial Relations.

(c) “Registered” means registered with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. 

(d) “Unit” means the Women in Construction Priority Unit.

SEC. 2.

 Section 107.7.3 is added to the Labor Code, immediately following Section 107.7.2, to read:

107.7.3.

 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature of funds to the department, the department, through its Division of Apprenticeship Standards, shall establish and administer the Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships Grant Program.

(b) The purpose of the program shall be to increase equitable access to building and construction career pathways for women, nonbinary individuals, and underrepresented populations in California.

(c) The department shall issue a competitive request for applications for qualified organizations that provide registered preapprenticeship programs and registered
 apprenticeship programs designed to prepare women, nonbinary individuals, and
 underrepresented populations fo