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Department of Labor briefs Commerce & Economic Development committee on technical updates to H.803 apprenticeship law
Summary
Department of Labor staff told the committee that most edits to H.803 are technical clarifications: a 2023 data benchmark, simplified underserved‑community language, optional Social Security number reporting, certification of pre‑apprenticeships and new advisory duties; staff said these changes are intended to align state rules with federal practice.
Jay Ramsey, director of workforce development at the Department of Labor, briefed the Commerce & Economic Development committee on proposed technical updates to H.803 and said the department sent the committee a January 2024 memorandum outlining suggested edits.
Ramsey said the bulk of the changes are stylistic or clarifying, not substantive. “Most of this committee was not in place at that time,” Ramsey told members, describing the department’s effort to update language adopted after the 2023 apprenticeship law. He said the department proposes using 2023 as the benchmark year for apprenticeship data because a new data system and the 2023 law change the underlying reporting universe.
A central drafting choice would remove a long enumerated list of protected demographic categories and instead adopt…
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