Bill Text: TX HB4451 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4451 | ||
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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 Texas | ||
| Workforce 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4451 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 21, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4451 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
