Delaware House Bill 487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on June 22 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-06-22 - Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Apprenticeship and workplace-based training are an earn while you learn systems that offer young people the chance to learn from the best trained construction workers in Delaware. Skilled craft apprenticeship programs offer the necessary capacities, resources, and flexibility needed to help low-income, minority, and female workers achieve and retain construction careers, while simultaneously assisting local construction employers obtain the skilled workforce they need to help drive growth in their local labor markets. This bill removes the buy-out for contractors to avoid participating in apprentice programs by paying into the Apprenticeship and Training Fund created in 2021. This buy-out benefits bad actors or those businesses only coming into Delaware to work on state taxpayer-funded projects whereas most Delaware merit shops and 100 percent of union shops have apprentice and training programs. The buy out also incentivizes contractors or never create training because the maximum cost of the buy-out is less than the cost to operate, fund, or participate in an apprentice program.

And Act To Amend Titles 19 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Related To Craft Training Requirements In Public Works Contracts.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-22		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129812
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129812&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB487