Bill Text: TX HB4451 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding apprenticeship opportunities in this state for emerging and high-demand industries.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4451-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding apprenticeship opportunities in this state for emerging and high-demand industries.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4451-Comm_Sub.html
88R14429 SCP-D | ||
By: Bhojani, Morales of Harris, Ordaz, | H.B. No. 4451 | |
Bumgarner, Clardy |
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relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding | ||
apprenticeship opportunities in this state for emerging and | ||
high-demand industries. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 302.0191 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 302.0191. REPORT ON AVAILABLE APPRENTICESHIPS. (a) | ||
In this section: | ||
(1) "Apprenticeship program" includes: | ||
(A) an industry-recognized training program, as | ||
defined by Section 302.252; and | ||
(B) an apprenticeship training program, as | ||
defined by Section 133.001, Education Code. | ||
(2) "Emerging and high-demand industry" means an | ||
industry or occupation described by the report required under | ||
Section 302.019. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission | ||
shall, in consultation with each local workforce development board, | ||
prepare and submit to the legislature a report on available | ||
apprenticeship programs in this state and make recommendations to | ||
expand the availability of apprenticeship programs in emerging and | ||
high-demand industries. The report must: | ||
(1) include data on: | ||
(A) the total number of active apprenticeship | ||
programs, categorized by the industries included in the North | ||
American Industry Classification System; | ||
(B) the total number of active apprentices, | ||
categorized by the industries included in the North American | ||
Industry Classification System; and | ||
(C) the total occupational demand for each | ||
industry, categorized by each occupation in the industry for which | ||
an apprenticeship program may be established; and | ||
(2) make recommendations to expand available | ||
apprenticeship programs for emerging and high-demand industries | ||
with higher employment demand relative to the total number of | ||
active apprentices and apprenticeship programs. | ||
(c) The commission may collaborate and consult with the | ||
council or the Apprenticeship and Training Advisory Committee, as | ||
designated by the council, to develop recommendations for the | ||
report under Subsection (b). | ||
(d) The commission shall provide a copy of the report to the | ||
council or the Apprenticeship and Training Advisory Committee, as | ||
designated by the council, at the same time as the report required | ||
under Section 133.006(b), Education Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission | ||
shall prepare and submit the initial report required by Section | ||
302.0191, Labor Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |