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Committee hears bill to bring Montana apprenticeship law into federal compliance
Summary
Montana Department of Labor and Industry officials told the Senate Business and Labor Committee that House Bill 7-21 updates state apprenticeship statute to conform with a recent federal audit, preserve the state approving agency (SAA) status and codify prior-learning credit and voluntary apprenticeship rules.
Representative Schumer opened the hearing on House Bill 7-21, describing it as “an apprenticeship bill.”
Sarah Swanson, commissioner of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, told the Senate Business and Labor Committee the legislation “does 4 things” to bring state law into conformity with a federal audit of Montana’s registered apprenticeship program.
The bill removes a provision that the federal Office of Apprenticeship flagged as nonconforming and clarifies how the state’s registered apprenticeship program operates under SAA — state approving agency — status. Swanson said SAA status,…
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