AB-805 • 2026

Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program.

Education Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Fong
Last action: 2026-06-09
Official status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on funding or rules and guidelines that will be established, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program

This law establishes a program that helps high school students join apprenticeships by working with schools and employers to set up guidelines and support for youth apprenticeships.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to help high school students join apprenticeships.
Requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to work with education departments to create rules for the program.
Needs schools and employers to submit information about their programs before they can start.
Asks the division to report on barriers that stop companies from joining the program by 2028, and yearly reports after 2030 about how well the program is working.
Allows the chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to make rules for the program.

Who It Names or Affects

High school students who want apprenticeships
Schools that work with high school students
Employers who offer apprenticeships

Terms To Know

Division of Apprenticeship Standards: A part of the California government that makes sure apprenticeship programs follow rules.
Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program: A new program to help high school students join apprenticeships before they finish school.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much funding will be allocated for the program.
It is unclear what specific rules and guidelines will be established by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
Details about who can join as intermediaries to help run the program are not clear.

Bill History

2026-06-09 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-06-04 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-06-02 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-01-27 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-01-26 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3839.)
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2026-01-22 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-13 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-01-06 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-01-05 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-25 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 Com. on L. & E.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 805, as amended, Fong.
Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program.
Existing law establishes the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations and requires the division, among other things, to evaluate apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to ensure that the program evaluated is complying with its standards, as specified.
Existing law requires the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to perform various functions with respect to apprenticeship programs and the welfare of apprentices.
This bill would establish the Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to be administered by the division for specific purposes, including, among other purposes, to
coordinate and establish apprenticeships for
high school students and to
identify resources to support youth apprenticeships.
The bill would require a program applicant for a Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to submit documentation to the chief, as specified.
The bill would require the
division, among other things, to work with the State Department of Education and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop parameters and guidelines for the program, as specified.
This bill would require the division to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2028, identifying barriers to employer participation and engagement in the program, and would require the division, on or before January 1, 2030, and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Legislature on program outcomes, as specified.
chief, before approving a Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program, to present the application, as described, to the State Department of Education to review whether specified requirements are met. The bill would authorize the chief, among other things, to issue rules and regulations that govern Career Apprenticeship Bridge Programs, as specified. The bill would authorize the division to identify county and regional intermediaries, as described, to coordinate and provide support to local educational entities, employers, and youth to implement the Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program.

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