AB-2634 • 2026

Workforce development: High road training partnerships: scoring preference.

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Sponsor: Zbur
Last action: 2026-06-10
Official status: Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Effective date: Not listed

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Workforce development: High road training partnerships: scoring preference.

AB 2634, as amended, Zbur.

What This Bill Does

AB 2634, as amended, Zbur.
Workforce development: High road training partnerships.
partnerships: scoring preference.
The California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act establishes the California Workforce Development Board to assist the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce.

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Bill History

2026-06-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-05-27 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8.)
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 14).
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-04-14 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2634, as amended, Zbur.
Workforce development: High road training
partnerships.
partnerships: scoring preference.
The California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act establishes the California Workforce Development Board to assist the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. Existing law requires the board to administer, promote, expand, and provide field assistance for high road training partnerships, defined as an initiative or project that models strategies for developing industry-based, worker-focused training partnerships, including labor-management partnerships. Existing law requires high road training partnerships to demonstrate job quality standards and employment practices that include, among other things, adoption of mechanisms to include worker voice and agency in the workplace.
This bill would require
an applicant to satisfy specified requirements to be eligible to receive funding for a high road training partnership, including having a collective bargaining agreement or labor-management partnership.
the board, when awarding grants for a high road training partnership program or any successor program, to provide a scoring preference to an applicant that is either a bona fide labor-management cooperation committee, as defined, or is an entity applying on behalf of a bona fide labor-management cooperation committee, as specified. The bill would require the board to determine the amount of the scoring preference provided and to incorporate that preference into program guidelines and grant solicitations.

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