Bill Text: AZ HB2225 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered

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Bill Title: ADOA; alternative routes applicants

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-04-07 - Chapter 28 [HB2225 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2023-HB2225-Chaptered.html

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House Engrossed

 

ADOA; alternative routes applicants

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

CHAPTER 28

 

HOUSE BILL 2225

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-710.02; relating to the department of administration.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-710.02, to read:

START_STATUTE41-710.02. Skilled through alternative routes; state employment applicants; report

A. The director shall evaluate all state employee positions and identify the positions that are suitable for skilled through alternative routes applicants.

B. The department's online state jobs application portal shall identify those positions that are suitable for applicants who have postsecondary degrees and those positions that are suitable for skilled through alternative routes applicants.

C. On or before October 1, 2023, The director shall submit a report that details which state employee POSITIONS may be modified to accept skilled through alternative routes applicants to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall submit a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

D. For the purposes of this section, "Skilled through alternative routes applicant" means an INDIVIDUAL who has developed skills through JOB training, community college, military service or an APPRENTICESHIP and who meets all of the following:

1. Is currently active in the workforce.

2. Has a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma.

3. does not have a BACHELOR'S degree or graduate degree. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Short title

This act may be cited as the "Arizona Works Project Act".

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 7, 2023.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 7, 2023.