HB544
Workforce Development and Advancement, Department of; changes title of Director to Commissioner.
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; Director.
Changes the title of the Director of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to the Commissioner of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill directs the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to examine the feasibility or need of any new workforce development program prior to its creation and provide ... (More) a report to the Governor and the General Assembly. The bill changes the minimum level of fiscal support from WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker funds to training and job placement services from 40 to 50 percent. The bill also makes the Department responsible for providing a list of high-demand occupations to eligible educational institutions. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104628D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/30/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB544)
- 02/08/2024 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/08/2024 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106792D-H1
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Floor substitute printed 24107635D-H2 (Walker)
- 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB544H2)
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute rejected 24106792D-H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Substitute by Delegate Walker agreed to 24107635D-H2
- 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB544H2
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and defeated by House (48-Y 50-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Defeated (48-Y 50-N) Close Floor Vote
