AB-1235 • 2026

California State University: skilled and trained workforce requirement.

Housing Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rogers
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about how universities will select contractors beyond cost, so this claim was removed.

California State University: Skilled Workforce Requirement

This law requires contractors and subcontractors working with California State University to use skilled workers in construction projects, excluding housing development.

What This Bill Does

Requires contractors bidding for work at California State University to promise they will use trained workers.
Makes sure subcontractors also follow the rule about using trained workers.
Exempts housing development projects from this requirement.

Who It Names or Affects

Contractors and subcontractors working with California State University
The Trustees of the California State University

Terms To Know

Skilled workforce: Workers who have special training or experience in their jobs.
Apprenticeable occupation: Jobs where workers learn through a formal training program while working.

Limits and Unknowns

The exact details of how this will be enforced are not clear from the summary.
Does not apply to housing development projects.

Bill History

2026-06-04 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-01-29 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-01-29 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 3877.)
2026-01-26 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 22).
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-03 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
2025-03-25 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and HIGHER ED.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1235, as amended, Rogers.
California State University: skilled and trained workforce requirement.
Existing law establishes requirements that apply when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce, regardless of whether they are required to do so by statute or regulation.
Existing law, the California State University Contract Law, authorizes the Trustees of the California State University to enter into an agreement with a contractor to provide all or significant portions of the design services and construction of a project, chosen by a competitive bidding process that employs selection criteria in addition to cost. Existing law also requires a
contractor, when selecting subcontractors under this provision, to competitively bid for those portions of work.
This bill would prohibit a contractor from being prequalified for, shortlisted for, or awarded a contract with the Trustees of the California State University, as described above, unless, among other things, the contractor provides an enforceable commitment to the trustees that the contractor and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades, as specified.
The bill would exempt from its provisions, among things, a project or contract for the development of housing.

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