Bill Title: Establishes the workforce guidance and information for women policy; requires the department of labor to provide guidance to local workforce investment boards and staff, to improve services and training for both women and men to qualify for higher paying jobs and careers; provides that such guidance shall promote program services for both women and men job seekers that provide: (a) current information about compensation for jobs and careers that offer high earning potential including jobs that traditionally employ predominantly men; (b) services such as counseling and skills development and training that encourage both women and men to seek employment in such jobs; and (c) referrals to employers offering such jobs.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-5)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - signed chap.284 [A09020 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Nick Perry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vanessa Gibson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Nelson Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-086	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Edward Ra [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Scarborough [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Felix Ortiz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Barbara Lifton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-125	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Peter Rivera [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Aileen Gunther [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-100	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Annette Robinson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Anthony Brindisi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-119	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Earlene Hooper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Keith Wright [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Colton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Didi Barrett [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-106	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Thomas Abinanti [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Castelli [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Clifford Crouch [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-122	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Rory Lancman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator George Latimer [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph Lentol [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Margaret Markey [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember John McEneny [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joan Millman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Catherine Nolan [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Andrew Raia [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Claudia Tenney [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-101	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Matthew Titone [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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