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Committee advances bill to close alleged DORA loophole for electrical and plumbing apprentices
Summary
Majority Leader Duran presented House Bill 12 84 to the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on April 2, 2025, and the committee voted 9-4 to send the measure, as amended, to the Appropriations Committee.
Majority Leader Duran presented House Bill 12 84 in the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on April 2, 2025, asking the panel to approve a strike-below amendment (L001) that he said would prevent registered apprenticeship programs from using a separate DORA registration to classify the same trainees as electrical or plumbing apprentices. The committee adopted the amendment and sent the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation by a 9-4 vote.
The bill’s sponsor said House Bill 12 84 would define in state law which U.S. Department of Labor–approved occupations qualify as electrical and plumbing mechanical occupations and prohibit a registered apprenticeship that commits to training laborers or other non-electrical trades from also registering those same…
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