California Enrolls Apprenticeship, Wildfire Grant Reporting, and PFAS Bills
By OmniLegislation Data Desk
Published September 1, 2026
Three of the day's California bills entered the record as enrolled, having passed both chambers: an apprenticeship pilot program addressing a state agency's own staffing shortages, a wildfire grant reporting requirement, and a pesticide reporting requirement tied to PFAS oversight. Elsewhere, the day's regulation counts in Alaska, Pennsylvania, New York and Louisiana trace to a pipeline data load rather than new agency activity.
Why it matters: Three enrolled California bills, covering apprenticeship staffing, wildfire grant reporting and pesticide reporting, now await the governor; the day's regulation counts in Alaska, Pennsylvania, New York and Louisiana reflect a pipeline data load, not new agency activity.
What moved
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Department of Industrial Relations: apprenticeship pilot program. (SB1227) California. The bill requires the Department of Industrial Relations and the Department of Human Resources to partner with employee bargaining units to design an apprenticeship pilot program addressing DIR staffing shortages, described as vacancy rates over 25 percent. It requires the program to follow constitutional merit principles and meet-and-confer processes. Status: enrolled, having passed both chambers. Next step: awaits the governor.
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The California Endangered Species Act: take of species proposed for listing: renewable electrical generation facilities. (AB550) California. The bill's own summary describes it as adding Section 4772 to the Public Resources Code, requiring the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to compile and publicly post information on state and federal fire prevention grant programs by July 1, 2026, and annually after that, covering funding allocations, grant recipients, and project timelines. Status: enrolled, having passed both chambers. Next step: awaits the governor.
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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Department of Pesticide Regulation. (AB1603) California. The bill requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to post quarterly reports on granular chlorpyrifos use, monitoring, and exposure on its public website, making existing mandatory reports to legislative committees and the Office of the Surgeon General publicly accessible, including amounts used by location and explanations for year-over-year changes. Status: enrolled, having passed both chambers. Next step: awaits the governor.
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Alaska Online Public Notices for 8/30/2026 Alaska. The notice announces a meeting listing for the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission scheduled for September 30, 2026, published through the state's public notices portal with an RSS subscription option. No status or next step is recorded for this announcement in the record.
By the numbers
- Federal regulations: 0 collected, below the trailing weekday average of about 41. Federal court opinions: 16 collected, also below the trailing weekday average of about 65.
- Across all jurisdictions, regulations totaled 666, about 14 times the trailing weekday average of 48. August 31 is a data-load day for regulations, and the last day at or above this count, August 7, was also a data-load day.
- Alaska's regulation count reached 341, the highest since tracking began, set on August 31 itself, a data-load day. Pennsylvania added 154 regulations, also the highest since tracking began, set the same data-load day. New York added 97 regulations, also the highest since tracking began, set that day. Louisiana added 56 regulations, also the highest since tracking began, set that day.
- Combined, 681 items entered the record across 14 states, plus 16 federal items, for 697 total on the collection day.
Bill actions
No tracked bill carried an action dated August 31.
| State | Type | Collected | Weekday average | Highest in tracking (date) |
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| Federal | Regulation | 0 | 40.59 | 1303 (June 15, data load day) |
| Federal | Opinion | 16 | 65.12 | 409 (May 18, data load day) |
| All jurisdictions | Regulation | 666 | 47.76 | 1303 (June 15, data load day) |
| California | Bill | 4 | 7.29 | 722 (June 15, data load day) |
| Alaska | Regulation | 341 | 0.00 | 341 (August 31, data load day), this day |
| Pennsylvania | Regulation | 154 | 0.00 | 154 (August 31, data load day), this day |
| New York | Regulation | 97 | 0.00 | 97 (August 31, data load day), this day |
| Louisiana | Regulation | 56 | 0.24 | 56 (August 31, data load day), this day |
Methodology
"Collected" means the pipeline's collection date, not the date a bill was filed, a regulation was published, or an opinion was issued. Counts are deduplicated processed records from OmniLegislation's own pipeline. Item descriptions come from the pipeline's own summaries of each record. Baselines are trailing 30 day daily averages for the same kind of day (weekend days against weekend days, weekdays against weekdays), excluding known bulk-load days; highest single-day counts are measured since tracking began on April 5, 2026, and include load days, which are labelled. Bill actions cover tracked bills only. This report covers August 31, 2026. Bill records originate from LegiScan; court opinions from CourtListener, a Free Law Project service; federal regulations from the Federal Register.